Marley Dias Quotes
It was the desire to see black girls and our experiences in the books that I was given to read at school that forced me to speak my truth. I launched #1000BlackGirlBooks, a book drive to collect the stories of women of color.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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Begin noticing and being careful about keeping your imagination free of thoughts that you do not wish to materialize. Instead, initiate a practice of filling your creative thoughts to overflow with ideas and wishes that you fully intend to manifest. Honor your imaginings regardless of others seeing them as crazy or impossible.
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I think the next set of media companies are going to be created on the web and that YouTube is going to be a big part of that.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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I found that the corridors of power in Delhi were littered with lobbies of various kinds.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on.
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But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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Against the bold, daring is unsafe.
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When I wear the hat of management, it is important that our management behaves and conducts as management accountable to the board.
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The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them.
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I'm rediscovering Scotland; I'm falling in love with it again.
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I've been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I'm immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I'm a very hard-headed person.
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Even the first suitcase-off-the-train moment, it's easy to be discouraged, frustrated, annoyed, angry. Because you're waiting in freezing weather outside of an open call, and you're like, 'This moment of me right now is not the joy I felt when I was doing J. Pierrepont Finch in 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' in high school.'
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Aside from comic book heroes, the only real life heroes I had were musicians.
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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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The pro-immigration people are really having a fit saying that I don't care about the children.
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It was the desire to see black girls and our experiences in the books that I was given to read at school that forced me to speak my truth. I launched #1000BlackGirlBooks, a book drive to collect the stories of women of color.
