Bernice King Quotes
My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children - and all children - could grow up in a better nation and world.
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I'm a mother of three. I don't really have the time to put very elaborate outfits together, so I keep it casual but dress it up with shoes, a bag, and jewellery.
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River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back, so when he passed away, it was such an enormous shock.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.
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I have always battled injustice. As a child, I used to fight on the side of my friends when boys terrorized them.
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My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
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I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.
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The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
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I mean, if a camera's on you all the time, you don't get real moments.
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Gratefulness is a double-edged sword. Because I think we've poured it into a feeling. And the batter of gratitude gets kind of stuck to the edges of the Williams Sonoma melamine mixing bowl. But gratefulness, the act of being grateful is actually... a verb. It's an activity.
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He has a heart of gold - only harder.
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I have always smoked and drunk and loved too much. In fact I have lived not too long but too much. One day the Iron Crab will get me. Then I shall have died of living too much.
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I kind of woke up one morning and was like, 'Oh I see what's happening, I get everything'. I woke up and was like, 'I get it, I'm a product.'
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Well, to tell you the straight honest truth, it was like a Grateful Dead cover band. I didn't feel - and nothing against the guys - I didn't feel that they were opening up like they should. I'll tell you what, with guitar players, Steven has what I like in guitar players.
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I always felt really guilty if I spent too much time playing video games. It's a colossal waste of time. And I can't say it's a very satisfying feeling at the end of the day, if you've spent eight hours playing a video game; you just end up feeling kind of spent, and used.
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My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children - and all children - could grow up in a better nation and world.
