“I don't support hate speech. I don't want to support a racist football team or bands that are offensive.” Quote by Simon Tam
“We sometimes become so obsessed with punishing villainous characters, that we forget the collateral damage is actually experienced by marginalized groups, and we shouldn't punish them for that.” SometimesCharacterForgetGroupsObsessedDamageMarginalizedCollateralCollateral Damage Author:Simon Tam
“If we write our laws and design them around the most privileged members of society, i.e., billionaire football team owner, then we forget about the people who don't have the same resources to make an appeal, to fight a wrongful accusation. Those tend to be members of the LGBT community and people of color because those are the people who tend to engage in the work of reappropriation to subvert discrimination. And yet those are the same ones being denied, based on their own identities.” PeopleIfsWritingLawFightingCommunityForgetTeamDesignIdentityFootballColorMembersResourcesDiscriminationAppealsOwnersLgbtDeniedPrivilegedBillionaireAccusationFootball TeamLgbt Community Author:Simon Tam
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” LifeInspirationalHumorBeautifulOpinionGreat ThingsAccomplishedYieldConformityTrendsBad AssNonconformityFadsPopular OpinionFashion TrendsMission Accomplished Author:Jack Kerouac
“Laws shouldn't just be about the quality. They should also be about equity and if they're placing a social burden on marginalized groups, then those laws need to be reconsidered.” IfsNeedsShouldLawSocialQualityGroupsBurdenEquityMarginalized Author:Simon Tam
“Some people build fences to keep people out and we also do things everyday to keep people close - when we play ball and go fishing with our kids, we are doing it to keep them close and fenced in. That's how relationships are built positively - we're using fences to tell people that we love them.” PeoplePlayKidsBuiltBallsEverydayFishingFencePositively Author:Russell Hornsby
“A fence can be protective around your family - a familial fence. Then, there are the people who only know how to take, to abuse, to offend and they build fences to keep you out. They don't have time to talk, they don't have kind words, they only talk about themselves. They never give an olive branch or forgiveness - they create a fence because of their personality or behavior and they want to create a barrier to keep people out.” PeopleKnowsWantGivingKindKnow HowPersonalityBehaviorAbuseOur FamilyBranchesBarriersFenceProtectiveOlivesKind WordsOlive Branches Author:Russell Hornsby
“I was always interested in acting, but in my high school sports was the cool thing to be part of, and I was still very into being cool. So I played a lot of basketball and football. But I always had that want to be in theater and to be a part of theater arts. But in my school, it was just a really nerdy thing to be a part of. Everyone in my school wore bowler hats - they were always on, always acting, and all so big. I was like, "I can't be that", even though I wanted to be.” WantArtStillsI CanBigsWantedSchoolSportsActingFootballBasketballHigh SchoolTheaterHatsBeing CoolCool ThingsNerdyBowlersBowler Hats Author:Cedric Yarbrough
“A lot of times you tell yourself no with things, a lot of times you discourage yourself. I've told myself yes more than no, and with those yeses, I've been able to actually have a career.” AbleCareersDiscouraging Author:Cedric Yarbrough
“I think a lot of actors, especially actors with a theater background, have a musical ear. A lot of actors just want to be musicians anyway, and a lot of musicians want to be actors.” ThinkingWantActorsMusicianEarsTheaterMusicalBackgrounds Author:Cedric Yarbrough
“As an actor, you're kind of aware of everything, or you try to be, so you take in certain habits or find certain things, such as how someone sits or how demure they are. You get those things about everybody.” TryingKindCertainActorsHabitDemure Author:Cedric Yarbrough
