Barbara Smith Quotes

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

Barbara Smith

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I was looking at the setlist backstage and I just said, 'Oh my God, the first six songs nobody's gonna know.' But they all knew the lyrics. It just blew me away.

Meredith Brooks

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I had a strong propensity, which I still have, to be invisible. In grade school, I'd try to disappear and become formless. I lived in a very imaginary world. I loved poetry and wrote my first novel when I was 9. It was about a little girl and the people she met in the woods.

Amanda Plummer

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Yellowstone wildlife is treasured. We understand that. We'll manage them in a way that addresses that sensitivity.

Steve Bullock

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I feel lucky that I can have people laugh solidly for a whole hour by just saying what I think and getting paid for it.

Steven Wright

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Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible but don't let them take you ALIVE.

Sid Vicious

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We live in a culture where people are constantly telling us how to get what we want, and within that message is, 'You need to be something other than you are.'

Tracee Ellis Ross

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Acknowledging mistakes and learning from them are the first steps.

Travis Kalanick

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I used to work for the World Health Organisation in poor countries all over the world - Bangladesh, Korea, the Philippines and India. You learn a whole range of things about how other people are living and try to connect with them to gain an understanding of where they're coming from.

Robert Winston

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Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always.

Marvin J. Ashton

JoyMeNowAlwaysPleasureUs

Calvin Coolidge was one of the best presidents. Why? Because he did absolutely nothing.

Milo Yiannopoulos

BestNothingWhyBecauseAbsolutely

There was just so much attention that got focused on my story, and what that created was an opportunity for me to share what were the tools, what were the strategies, what was the thinking that had me break though those boundaries.

Liz Murray

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We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

Desmond Tutu

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