Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes
I don't think people understand the awesomeness of the destruction of this country - its institutions, its infrastructure, its law, its morals.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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Make that extra effort for every relationship. Whether it's with your parents, your children, your husband or your friends. It makes a difference to them. I try to give my kids a lot of solo time where I play with them, talk to them, listen to them. Similarly, you give time for your workout. You slot a time for it, no matter what.
Kajol
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
Barbara Kingsolver
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The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
Sam Harris
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A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.
Dan Gelber
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
Abbie Hoffman
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
Gary Lineker
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In my career as a writer, I preferred to avoid current events: I wrote young adult novels and book reviews and lifestyle journalism about health and parenting and other such evergreens.
Laura Moser
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A final argument for broad freedom of expression is its effect on the character of individuals in a society. Citizens in a free society must have courage — the courage to hear not only unwelcome political speech but novel and shocking ideas in science and the arts.
Anthony Lewis
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There's nothing like reading about a world that feels dead to throw your own beautiful, colorful life into sharp relief.
Ally Condie
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Greece is not a country of happy mediums: everything there seems to be either wonderful or horrible.
Nancy Mitford
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People can get a bit like, "Oh my God, your life is different than mine." But no, it's not. Everyone's got the same problems. We all get jobs, and we lose them. We have a good time, and we don't have a good time. It's changed in that some people have a certain expectation of what they might find when they meet me, which sucks, because I'm not that thing.
Daisy Ridley
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I don't think people understand the awesomeness of the destruction of this country - its institutions, its infrastructure, its law, its morals.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
