Marion Barry Quotes
What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?
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I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
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With the death of bin Laden, it's finally time for Congress to bring back the pre-9-11 legal norm, before we decided it was okay to toss out our civil liberties if the 'bad guys' were scary enough.
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Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching.
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Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
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I am not irresponsible.
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This can sound as something naive. But if we are together in this union, it's because we choose to be one in many things. That's what makes the European Union experience so challenging and also a model. Why did we do this choice? Because we see that we share a common interest and common values.
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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I knew a ton of actors and was friends with them, but I never dated actresses. I tried to date 'normal' people because the Hollywood dating rule is 'one star per couple' because it's quite a challenge to match the egos of two actors.
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If you sing beautifully about nothing, no one will listen. If you sing badly about great stuff, no one will listen. Ideas are everywhere, but my theory is that a writer doesn't just think of an idea: they perform them.
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I know everything about Michael Jordan.
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But getting your party structure right may also be a precondition for getting your policies right.
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All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.
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You know, I'm a curvy woman and I just want to be comfortable with that.
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In the broader sense at Digitas, I've been very involved in media and publishing.
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The more I mistreat my hair, the stronger it grows back. I think it must be determined to survive.
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I was determined to dance. That's why I lasted so long.
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I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy.
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I haven't always been vocal about my feelings, especially in a relationship.
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Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights Association, refuted ideas that women were inferior to men, and fought for a woman's right to vote.
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I absolutely adore singing, and I hope I'll always be able to sing, but you can grow more and challenge yourself more as an actor.
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When . . . some leisurely passer-by stopped . . . and spoke of cheating, that was in its way the stupidest lie ever invented by indifference and inborn malice, since it was not the hunger artist who was cheating, he was working honestly, but the world was cheating him of his reward.
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I've lived in Paris. I've lived in the Slovak Republic. I've spent extensive time in England, and I've traveled all over Europe.
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What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?
