"If you call it a riot, it sounds like it was just a bunch of crazy people who went out and did bad things for no reason. I maintain it was somewhat understandable, if not acceptable. So I call it a rebellion."

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Source : "Was It a 'Riot,' a 'Disturbance' or a 'Rebellion'?" by Swati Pandey, www.latimes.com. April 29, 2007.

Maxine Waters

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“I get so lonely sometimes, I could put a box on my head and mail myself to a stranger.”
“It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.”
“When we practice generating compassion, we can expect to experience our fear of pain. Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allow ourselves to move gently toward what scares us. The trick to doing this is to stay with emotional distress without tightening into aversion, to let fear soften us rather than harden into resistance.”
“Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.”
“We remind ourselves that it's a hobby [The Esemblist]; nobody is setting these deadlines for us, except us.”
“I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.”
“I was really more interested in dramatic work, but I thought, 'Well, I guess I could do comedy.”
“It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings.”

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