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Without networks like the Black Immigration Network, organizations like Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees would not get the support and resources and amplification that their voices that they need and deserve.

Opal Tometi

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WomenSupportBlackImmigrationNeed

Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.

John Cale

WorkKnowledgeYouKnowWillThings

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.

Max Beerbohm

BestMediocrityAlwaysOnlyTrusted

I was obsessed with theatre and loving the work of Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton, and Howard Barker, people doing real formal experimentation. But 'Road' was the first time I'd read a play written in a very true Northern dialect that seemed to have that excitement running through it.

John Tiffany

WorkTimePeopleTheatreRoadBond

It's like Branson. When I went to Branson there was only 4 acts in there. Now, you can't count 'em. There's so many theatres now, that only the strong will survive.

Mickey Gilley

SurviveStrongYouNowWillCount

I have always been a left-winger and an outsider. I loved being that. I was perfectly cheerful with that role. Then suddenly, you're one of the talking heads on 'Nightline,' and you think you must have sold out.

Molly Ivins

ThinkLovedTalkingYouCheerful

I can't tell you how hard it is to make a dark-humored movie in Hollywood.

Michael Lehmann

YouHollywoodHardTellMovieHow

I'm personally attracted to great writing - that's what turns me on the most.

Michael Mando

GreatMeWritingMostPersonally

I love being a husband and a father. That aspect of my life has been a joy.

Jason Priestley

LifeLoveFatherJoyHusbandBeen

Some people trust an insurance company over the government, while others trust the government over insurance companies.

Jared Polis

TrustGovernmentPeopleInsurance

'Clown' started as a fake trailer for a nonexistent movie.

Jon Watts

FakeClownStartedMovieTrailer

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that.

Diane Arbus

MotherColdGrowYouBecomeSee

I remember seeing 'Pitch Perfect' and loving it right away. It's hilarious!

Chrissie Fit

RememberSeeingPerfectLovingRight

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