Quotes by Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley

[In a blogosphere] everybody has an opinion now, but I don’t really freaking care about – all opinions ain’t created equal, because everybody can go out there and express themselves and hide behind some character we don’t know who you really are, a bunch of cowards.

Care

Character

Coward

Be careful about gossiping because loose lips really do sink ships.

Be Careful

Lips

Ships

Be careful about gossiping because loose lips really do sink ships. Now that I’m in the broadcast business, and people talk about me, I know what it feels like to be the victim of gossip.

Gossip

People

Victim

Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody’s got to look over the shoulder of that child.

Children

Growing Up

Looks

Don’t envy someone else’s gift. Discover your own.

Envy

Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in USA. Regarding poverty, half of all Americans are either in or near poverty. Poverty is certainly worse for African-Americans now than it was during King’s lifetime.

Issues

Kings

Usa

Every community has a Martin Luther King Boulevard. It’s the cornerstone we all know. It’s not just a street or boulevard, but a place where Walmart stands together with your community to make every day better.

Community

Kings

Together

Fear, fear, breeds hopelessness. When you’re afraid, you don’t know what to believe in, you don’t know what to hold on to. You’re struggling to find something to believe in.

Believe

Hopelessness

Struggle

For me, like when you’ve put yourself out there emotionally, physically, and you’ve really put yourself on the line, for me, that means I’ve really done something.

Done

Lines

Mean

History is replete with examples of moments in time when we talk about deficit reduction and try to advance on it around the world, that is, where it leads to job losses, not job creation.

Jobs

Loss

Trying

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Acorns

Acting

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Angel

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Be Careful

Believe

Bigs

Black

Blessed

Calling

Care

Careers

Challenges

Character

Children

Cities

Citizens

Comfort

Community

Country

Coward

Dark

Democracy

Destiny

Dies

Difficult

Done

Enemy

Envy

Essentials

Expectations

Fighting

Forgiving

Form

Games

Giving

Good Luck

Good Night

Gossip

Grew

Growing Up

Guy

Hopelessness

I Love Him

Information Is Power

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Quotes by Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley

[In a blogosphere] everybody has an opinion now, but I don’t really freaking care about – all opinions ain’t created equal, because everybody can go out there and express themselves and hide behind some character we don’t know who you really are, a bunch of cowards.

Be careful about gossiping because loose lips really do sink ships.

Be careful about gossiping because loose lips really do sink ships. Now that I’m in the broadcast business, and people talk about me, I know what it feels like to be the victim of gossip.

Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody’s got to look over the shoulder of that child.

Don’t envy someone else’s gift. Discover your own.

Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in USA. Regarding poverty, half of all Americans are either in or near poverty. Poverty is certainly worse for African-Americans now than it was during King’s lifetime.

Every community has a Martin Luther King Boulevard. It’s the cornerstone we all know. It’s not just a street or boulevard, but a place where Walmart stands together with your community to make every day better.

Fear, fear, breeds hopelessness. When you’re afraid, you don’t know what to believe in, you don’t know what to hold on to. You’re struggling to find something to believe in.

For me, like when you’ve put yourself out there emotionally, physically, and you’ve really put yourself on the line, for me, that means I’ve really done something.

History is replete with examples of moments in time when we talk about deficit reduction and try to advance on it around the world, that is, where it leads to job losses, not job creation.

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