#eater

African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#african #african americans #comprise #failure #giving

A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere. ↗

— Gary Becker

#chinese #could #elsewhere #greater #lead

I try to make films that move people when they are in the theater and make them think only after they leave. ↗

— Claude Berri

#films #i #leave #make #move

I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know. ↗

— Jean Houston

#accounts #artists #athletes #beings #believe

I'm a kid that went to theater school. I thought I was going to be making my living doing plays regionally or in New York or on Broadway, and maybe if I got lucky I would do a movie here or there. ↗

— Matt Bomer

#doing #going #got #here #i

I didn't come from a traditional background of studying theater and doing Shakespeare. ↗

— David Boreanaz

#come #doing #i #shakespeare #studying

We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#fortune #greater #look #may #otherwise

Television is where the best work for women is right now. I would love to do more movies, but the reality is women have many more opportunities on television to play a greater variety of characters. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#best work #characters #greater #i #love

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence. ↗

— Marvin Bower

#business #confidence #decisively #do the right thing #drive

I think there's a settled quality, there's a gravitas that comes with aging and with being a parent because you certainly come to recognize that there's nothing else that takes greater priority than raising your children. ↗

— Benjamin Bratt

#because #being #certainly #children #come