“I was taught to work hard and to be honest, and that's what I try to do, so that's it.” Quote by Joe Arpaio
“I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.” ThinkingShouldTryingOptimisticHopefulBeing Optimistic Author:John Lewis
“But you have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.” MovingOrderMoving ForwardOptimisticHaving HopeBeing Optimistic Author:John Lewis
“You just have to be strong if you're a black woman.” IfsStrongBlackBlack Women Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“I learned that you can't write a book in the margins of your life. I'd forgotten how much uninterrupted time it takes to write chapters, and how you have to push everything else aside and really focus.” WritingBookFocusForgottenChaptersMargins Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories.” StoriesFilmPowerfulAcceptingEasierComplicatedVersionsCompellingTrue StoryPopular Film Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“We're close friends [with Brandy Burre]. We're neighbors. I actually lived two houses over from her for a while and then we were traveling one day and she was looking at the house we currently live in - which was between us - and she's like, "You guys should move here! It's bigger and better!"” ShouldTwoMovingGuyHouseLike YouOne DayBiggerNeighborClose FriendsBrandyBigger And Better Author:Robert Greene
“We [with Brandy Burre ] like fifteen feet away from each other. You can see my house and my car in pretty much every exterior shot in the movie. It was like filming at my extended house. My kids and her kids are the same age and they're best friends. Every summer they play with each other. We were intensely close friends beforehand in part because we take care of each other's kids.” PlayCareKidsAgeHouseFeetCarSummerShotsTake CareFifteenExteriorClose FriendsBrandyAway From Each Other Author:Robert Greene
“Because of my two films - one was about my half-sister (Kati with an I) and the next one featured my cousin (Fake It So Real) - I was hesitant to start with someone so close.” TwoRealFilmNextHalfFakeCousinThe Next OneMy CousinHesitantHalf Sister Author:Robert Greene
“I was working on other things and I wanted to make a film, and I had some ideas brewing in my head. Brandy's [ Burre] circumstance was such that I didn't really know what was going to happen. That was obviously a surprise, but I knew she was in her mid-to-late thirties and she was starting to really think about her life in a way that really appealed to me, appealed to the women that I know in my life.” ThinkingKnowsWayIdeasHappensWantedFilmCircumstancesLateSurpriseStartingBrewingBrandy Author:Robert Greene
“We started filming [with Brandy Burre ]and didn't really know, at first, what we were doing. Eventually, the thing just grabbed a hold of both of us and became what it is. But, yeah, we were very close before and we're even closer now.” KnowsFirstsYeahBrandy Author:Robert Greene