Bernice Johnson Reagon Quotes
And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs.
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It was hard at school because, growing up, some people wanted to be friends with me just because they wanted to get to my dad and say that they had met him and had gone to our house. I didn't understand it at the time, but the older I got and the more aware of it I became, it started becoming hard.
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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
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My mother was madly adventurous. My father was an actor - he worked with Gielgud - and my mother came from a very wealthy family. She definitely wasn't meant to marry an actor, but she eloped with him one lunch-time.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
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Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11.
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My whole background, my whole life was just lots and lots of theater, a lot of that being musical theater.
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I go to Australia probably once every two years. It's wide-open spaces there, so I just rent a motorcycle and ride out to the middle of the continent. For hours, you don't see anybody.
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Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them.
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Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.
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There are many things that keep me from getting married. But there will be a time when marriage makes sense to me.
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I'm on Twitter. I created my account for my fans, and I do respond back once in a while, because they're so great.
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The producers and writers of dance music are becoming the stars, not so much the DJs.
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The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the present, and the future, that we bear within us; whoever possesses but one of these terms, has but a fragment of the law of the moral world.
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I need to put the right things in my body before and after I work out, so I end every workout with some sort of protein shake to help me get the most out of my training.
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Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.
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Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
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If you wanna give me an award, I'll take it. Just don't make me go to the party afterwards.
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There is a philosophy that says that if something is unobservable -- unobservable in principle -- it is not part of science. If there is no way to falsify or confirm a hypothesis, it belongs to the realm of metaphysical speculation, together with astrology and spiritualism. By that standard, most of the universe has no scientific reality -- it's just a figment of our imaginations.
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It is no coincidence that so many religious beliefs date back to times when no science could possibly have accounted satisfactorily for many of the natural phenomena inspiring scripture and myths.
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When it comes to kids, it's just not hard to get them healthy. I don't find it hard and don't understand why people find it hard.
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I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency.
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And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs.
