Chelsea Manning Quotes
When I wanted to serve my country, I was forced to hide the most basic and human aspect of my life and my identity from the people to whom I was supposed to be the closest - and with whom I had to trust my life. I also had to hide from myself.
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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.
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Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.
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To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at least to be offered at least some of the opportunities, and libraries are the most simple and the most open way to give people access to books.
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Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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All my brothers and my dad at one point had dreadlocks.
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I feel like people who know me, my fans, I want them to know I'm just a regular 21-year-old kid who likes movies, who likes to have fun. It lets people see the other side of you and not just the basketball thing.
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I like things simple.
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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Global issues require common responses: Only together we can create the conditions to defeat Daesh and al Qaeda, block channels for terrorist financing, tackle foreign terrorist fighters.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.'
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I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.
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I've grown up knowing that you put as much of your private life out there as you feel comfortable with.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I'm there. But when I leave, I just start crying.
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The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.
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All people are the same; only their habits differ.
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When I wanted to serve my country, I was forced to hide the most basic and human aspect of my life and my identity from the people to whom I was supposed to be the closest - and with whom I had to trust my life. I also had to hide from myself.
