Jason Reynolds The stories of kids who grew up in communities like mine weren’t being written about in many books for kids. – Jason Reynolds Books Quotes Communities Quotes Grew Quotes Kids Quotes Stories Quotes Written Quotes If a kid is reading a book about someone who looks like them but doesn’t talk like them, we stunt their growth by dissing them. Rappers are the white authors of our generation. They know me, my language, my codes, my family, my block.
Alan Ball And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made a tremendous amount of sense. What I liked that was missing from my experience of Christianity growing up was a sort of acceptance, a sort of being OK with being imperfect and not focusing on the sin. – Alan Ball
Frank Carson Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine? – Frank Carson
D B WeissHome Being away from home for six months of the year and seeing your kids grow up on Skype all that time – I think I saw Molly walk for the first time on Skype. That’s not good. – D B Weiss
Asia Kate Dillon One of the best side effects about working on ‘Billions’ that I did not anticipate were the number of conversations I had about gender identity with my fellow actors and also members of the crew. From the person holding the boom to the person wiring my microphone, just how many conversations I had with so many open minds and hearts. – Asia Kate Dillon
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