Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes
My mother was a disciplinarian. She believed that when young girls start to go out with young boys, they get married.
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
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I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has to decide who he wants to drive, so there is no secret anywhere. I am not concerned. It does not sit with my objectives to be competitive.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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I don't like to Google myself. I try and avoid it whenever I can.
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A woman can walk miles without making one single step forward. As a child born in a harem, I instinctively knew that to live is to open closed doors. To live is to look outside. To live is to step out. Life is trespassing.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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All over London as one walks, one everywhere, in the season, sees oranges to sell; and they are in general sold tolerably cheap, one and even sometimes two for a halfpenny; or, in our money, threepence.
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I spend time with people who are movers and shakers, and others who are just friends I really care for. Some of them are rich, some of them are poor. I couldn't care less. I'm not a snob.
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I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.
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We conclude that, simultaneously with the organization of the colleges, there should be at Santa Cruz an organization by disciplines, whose units would have a voice in appointments and promotions, in course of programs, and in the allocation of funds for research.
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To come in and win three races already this year and maybe set a record by winning four is pretty unique. But guys like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and these guys are not wanting that to happen.
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One would think that plants belonging to the same genus would always produce identical or at least similar oils. But this is by no means so.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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My refrigerator is full of kale and greens. I can't imagine something greasy, or eating meat.
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The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.
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I think we have to secure our borders and make sure that people coming in are coming here not to do us harm.
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Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.
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I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.
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When you're spending eight to 10 hours out there, the homeless guy is no longer homeless; it's Dave. They become people to you. I think we're really good in this country about saying that they're homeless and, therefore, they don't exist.
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I'm still going to have to go out and score, but defensively hopefully I can make them a little bit better.
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One is sometimes meant to reassure the reader that she's qualified to write about a certain topic.
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What I wanted to do was to earn enough money to pay for my mother's house. When my mother passed away, I wanted to buy it from the rest of my family and keep the house in the family. That was the only reason I even attempted writing for money.
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By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.
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My mother was a disciplinarian. She believed that when young girls start to go out with young boys, they get married.
