Barbara Smith Quotes

A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.

Barbara Smith

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I've gotten to work with people like Kristin Chenoweth and Chita Rivera... Seeing their process is so interesting. Seeing that these people aren't immortal - that they go through the same motions as we do and ask for feedback and break down scenes... They have to work, too, and that's really exciting to see.

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

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When my mother read 'The Joy Luck Club', she was always complaining to me how she had to tell her friends that, no, she was not the mother or any of the mothers in the book.

Amy Tan

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Don't make election popularity largely a matter of which candidate hires the most creative and effective propagandists. Insist that it be, instead, a running conversation with the public.

Ron Howard

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Historically, Islam was hijacked about 20 or 30 years after the Prophet and interpreted in such a way that the ruler has absolute power and is accountable only to God. That, of course, was a very convenient interpretation for whoever was the ruler.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God's word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin - and it's gonna happen - confession puts us back on the field.

Lou Holtz

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One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.

Douglas Adams

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I don't think it's not feminist to use every tool you have to succeed, and part of that is being a woman - presenting yourself in a certain way.

Christina Hendricks

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I was raised by my Depression-era grandma who taught me to use what you've got: Waste not, want not!

Christina Tosi

MeYouWantI Was RaisedGotWaste

I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God.

Peter Jennings

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I couldn't change who I am; I couldn't change the kind of player I am.

Tiffeny Milbrett

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And part of my vision is to do dynamic videos for kids.

Tim LaHaye

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