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Benjamin Watson22 quotes“I’M INTROSPECTIVE, because sometimes I want to take “our” side without looking at the facts in situations like these. Sometimes I feel like it’s us against them.”
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In any given marketplace, there’s a triangle. There’s a line of Dior goods at $25,000 that creates the sharp focus you need to sell $100 scarves to every woman.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson I’M CONFUSED, because I don’t know why it’s so hard to obey a policeman. You will not win!!! And I don’t know why some policeman abuse their power. Power is a responsibility, not a weapon to brandish and lord over the populace.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson I’M SYMPATHETIC, because I wasn’t there so I don’t know exactly what happened. Maybe Darren Wilson acted within his rights and duty as an officer of the law and killed Michael Brown in self defense like any of us would in the circumstance.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson If fathers aren’t growing up, I would challenge them to want to be a father that is present in the home, so that their kids have that identity.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson You CAN be what you want to be. Whatever that is.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson It’s a sin problem, not a skin problem.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson I’M HOPEFUL, because I know that while we still have race issues in America, we enjoy a much different normal than those of our parents and grandparents.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson I’M OFFENDED, because of the insulting comments I’ve seen that are not only insensitive but dismissive to the painful experiences of others.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson The cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or exposure. It’s the Gospel. So, finally, I’M ENCOURAGED because the Gospel gives mankind hope.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson I’M FEARFUL because in the back of my mind I know that although I’m a law abiding citizen I could still be looked upon as a “threat” to those who don’t know me. So I will continue to have to go the extra mile to earn the benefit of the doubt.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson I see it in my personal relationships with teammates, friends and mentors. And it’s a beautiful thing.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson Now he has to fear the backlash against himself and his loved ones when he was only doing his job.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson I’M HOPELESS, because I’ve lived long enough to expect things like this to continue to happen. I’m not surprised and at some point my little children are going to inherit the weight of being a minority and all that it entails.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson What a horrible thing to endure. OR maybe he provoked Michael and ignited the series of events that led to him eventually murdering the young man to prove a point.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson I’M ANGRY because the stories of injustice that have been passed down for generations seem to be continuing before our very eyes.
Benjamin WatsonBenjamin Watson I’M SAD, because another young life was lost from his family, the racial divide has widened, a community is in shambles, accusations, insensitivity hurt and hatred are boiling over, and we may never know the truth about what happened that day.
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Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe Someday your pen will write a revolution. Until then, write your pain.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya Time is precious. So are the people in your life. So love and be loved. Because tomorrow is never promised.
Jenny AJenny A Thank you for still being there for yourself. For being strong. For being resilient. Keep going.
Yohan AcostaYohan Acosta There will never be a day, I am not thankful for the fire you brought to my life that still warms me to the bones.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You could have shook my whole world luckily I became aware, and I took a turn.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers Be strong enough to bloom even in the storm.
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AberjhaniAberjhani He stole my breathe away the moment we first spoke. He’s my air.” -Sadie White
Abbi GlinesAbbi Glines Yes, of course. I was on her like, um… I believe that old woman last week we took after she’d burnt down her house cooking said ‘like white on rice.
Abbi GlinesAbbi Glines I mean, but obviously, in people’s eyes, it still – it can still link Islam to terrorism. I mean, why does it make a difference that they’re white?
Aasif MandviAasif Mandvi The great joy of doing ‘The Daily Show’ for me is that I get to sit on the fence between cultures. I am commenting on the absurdity of both sides as an outsider and insider. Sometimes I’m playing the brown guy, and sometimes I’m not, but the best stuff I do always goes back to being a brown kid in a white world.
Aasif MandviAasif Mandvi I like workplace shows and White House was a very glamorous workplace to set a show in; it appealed to a sense of romanticism and idealism that I have.
Aaron SorkinAaron Sorkin You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we’re presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated – not nearly as black and white as we’re led to believe.
Aaron SorkinAaron Sorkin Nowadays people always say, ‘How come he’s doing such young shows?’ But they never mention ‘The Mod Squad’. I was very proud of that show. It’s the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl.
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