Opal Tometi Quotes

I am the executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, which is the country's only national immigrant rights organization for black immigrants and African Americans. Being the daughter of Nigerian immigrants really drove me to do this type of work.

Opal Tometi

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WorkDaughterI AmMeOrganization

I don't have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it's a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn't you, but the part.

Jeremy Northam

GoodEnergyStoryThinkYouFirst

They've turned this character into a human being.

Melinda Clarke

CharacterHumanHuman BeingBeing

On some level, acting is the art of pretend, and you have to have a highly cultivated sense of imagination. You have to be able to see things that aren't there, no matter what aspect of acting, whether it's green screen, whether it's on stage, whether it's anything else, whether you're working on the radio.

Stephen Lang

ArtImaginationGreenYouActing

A lot of clubs want to win the Champions League.

Toni Kroos

WinChampionsWantLotLeagueClubs

I think I've got to go back to 'Someone to Watch Over Me.' I think it's a perfectly written song. I really do. I think it's one of the great songs in the American Songbook, and it speaks to love in its simplest and purest form.

Rob McClure

LoveGreatMeSongThinkAmerican

I personally don't like school, but you have to do it if you want to get through life, so pretty much I put up with it.

RJ Mitte

LifeSchoolYouWantUpPretty

I've never been a fan of loans between relatives or friends. They can divide relationships.

Jean Chatzky

FriendsRelationshipsNeverRelatives

I'm interested in harnessing the good will and distributed power of people, including novices.

Jonathan Zittrain

GoodPowerPeopleWillInterested

I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume!

Dirk Benedict

I CanCostumeFitStillGalactica

When you put a camera in front of me, I'm home.

Breaux Greer

HomeMeCameraYouFrontPut

When everything kind of hit the fan, my dad married Jo Anne, and suddenly there were five kids from the Ripleys and five kids from the Doughertys. Then my dad and Joanne had a baby. I usually have to make a diagram.

Alice Ripley

BabyKindEverythingFiveFanKids

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

Pythagoras

LifeJourneyRoadFriendsPersevere

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