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Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#affirmative #affirmative action #awards #choices #compassion

I think in politics, in Congress, you often do things that are Republican, or you do things because you're a Democrat. Sometimes that's good, obviously, and sometimes that's obviously bad. But in the news business, there's no such thing as Republican or Democratic news. News is news. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#because #business #congress #democrat #democratic

I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#african-american community #claim #community #different #diverse

I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#blacks #establishment #gop #i #more

The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#each #faith #government #government programs #great

It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man. You know you can say, 'Don't grab me there: That's where my cellulite is'! ↗

— Naomi Watts

#clothes #doing #felt #film #grab

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#bad #books #course #craving #duty

If I say I am not a politician, it is because I did not go to school to do political science. But at the end of the day, I think we are all born politicians. It's practical. All you gotta do is practice. ↗

— George Weah

#because #born #day #did #end

If we wish our state's growth to continue, then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient workforce. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#future #growth #highly #increasingly #industries

You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents. ↗

— Earl Weaver

#build #free #free agents #off #pennants