Author - Grace Perkins

Amanda Seyfried

“I think it’s important to appreciate where I am… I do not have any regrets. I’m worth a lot to myself. Life is long, but...

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Winnie Byanyima

“Through being part of these struggles of injustice, I’ve learned to find my place. To know that I’m just one person with a lifespan that’s so...

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Glynn Turman

“The characteristics of the characters that I play, I try to tap into that human part of them. That’s what we have in common. Human being...

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Brittany Packnett Cunningham

“I’m trying to build a world where a black girl can be more than a symbol. Where a black woman can be more than a depository for...

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Johnny Mathis

“I love what I’m doing. I try to find people who like what they’re doing, and I don’t expect anything other than friendship from my...

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George Saunders

“The universe actually isn’t designed to protect you at all. It really isn’t. We’re getting an international reminder of that in spades...

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Dr. Ashish Jha

“We need a global strategy, and this is one of the crazy things about the isolationist policies of the last administration. This idea of America...

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Julián Castro

“I think we’re going to prosper together when we work to make changes in this democracy– to unburden our children from everything that has held...

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Janaya Future Khan

“We have been beaten down. We have been told to shrink. Why? In our society we are told we are worthless; we are only as useful as what we can...

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The AIDS Memorial

In collaboration with The AIDS Memorial, we present this special episode of Talk Easy. Five stories of love, loss, and remembrance from those...

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Matthew McConaughey

“I was like, you know what? I need to have a look at some things. Have a look back, give myself a proverbial winter, and figure out why I stepped in...

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Resmaa Menakem

“Many times trauma in a person decontextualized over time can look like personality. Trauma in a family decontextualized over time can look like...

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Noam Chomsky

“What’s needed is getting people to understand the world in which they live. It’s not a matter of trying to brainwash them with better slogans, but...

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Claudia Rankine

“I think for black people, the history remains present because it’s repeating itself in slightly different ways over and over and over again...

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Miranda July

“That feeling becomes clearer… each thing is all there is. There isn’t some reward for the work that comes. There’s rewards, but it’s mostly...

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Janelle Monáe

“I’m not going to give this country to a racist. I’m not going to give this country to a white supremacist. I’m not going to give this country to...

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