Karyn Parsons Quotes

Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that. It has such an impact on kids and their values and how they view black people.

Karyn Parsons

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I think poetry is able to say things in such a small, perfect way that are so hard to say. I think it's a perfect medium for expressing difficult ideas and concepts and feelings. It's one of my great loves.

Jerry Hall

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The first is the law, the last prerogative.

John Dryden

LawFirstLastPrerogative

I always stay with my parents. When you come home, you gotta do that. It's weird to be like, 'Hey, I'm at a hotel. Drive 20 minutes to see me, and we'll have dinner.'

John Krasinski

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People like Superman, The Flash - they just feel limited in who they are and what you can do with them because everyone knows who they are and what they do. Someone like Animal Man feels very open to interpretation.

Jeff Lemire

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I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we're doing here, or little stuff like, 'Why aren't I happier?' With every film I feel like I'm apologising for something. I feel I'm most successful when I'm looking for something that embarrasses me about my character that I'd like to expose.

Jason Reitman

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I drive myself to and from work. I love the privacy.

Bob Iger

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You never know what to expect when you're in America, especially when I've been in L.A., where you walk out the door, and suddenly there's a monkey bicycling by in front of you. There are just so many weird things going on there, but it's fun.

Astrid S

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For me, honestly, the term 'role model' means for someone to be imitated, and I don't feel like anyone is to be imitated.

Winnie Harlow

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There are 14 Cabinet spots, and God only knows how many hundreds of people want them.

William M. Daley

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There is nothing more important to a democracy than an active and engaged press.

William H. McRaven

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I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

Pierre Beaumarchais

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Not many French producers work the American way. In France, the director decides everything, he has final cut. I'm trying to do things differently, without the Luc Besson solution.

Thomas Langmann

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