Nicole Byer What I needed to do was carve out parts for me, roles for me that weren’t just the sidekick, where I got to be the lead, because that’s breaking through. – Nicole Byer Breaking Quotes Carve Quotes Lead Quotes Roles Quotes Sidekick Quotes I’ve always been a mediocre student, so I never won an award in school. I’m not very athletic, so I’ve never won a sports award. So, I’m a mediocre person. I am an archetype. There’s the fat, sassy, black friend, you know? That’s an archetype that exists, but that’s not truly me.
Da Brat Prisons are big businesses, which I hadn’t realized. A lot of these name brand labels that we wear – they’re using prison labor and exploiting prisoners, who live in harsh conditions. People need to know about this kind of sweatshop labor, so they can decide what to spend their money on. – Da Brat
Joe Satriani I just want to play like Jimi Hendrix. I love other forms of music and wish I could play classical piano, or saxophone like John Coltrane, but that will never happen. Because my nature is to play electric guitar really well and to emulate my heroes from the late 1960s. – Joe Satriani
Abigail Spanberger After decades of persistent, courageous advocacy – often at risk to their own lives, livelihoods, and safety – African Americans succeeded in securing their right to a voice in our government, and their work laid the foundation for the social justice work of generations to follow. – Abigail Spanberger
Beverly Sills My parents never told me about Papa’s lung cancer or the desperate nature of the operations he was about to undergo, which were a last-ditch effort to contain the spread of his cancer. – Beverly Sills
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