Mary Harris Jones Quotes
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People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
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It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.
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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
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There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
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At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.
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Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.
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Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
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There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one.
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I couldn't hit an elephant's ass with a bull fiddle.
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Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than that.
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My parents had to go to Ohio to get married in 1965 because it was still illegal in Mississippi. My white father and black mother.
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Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.
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It would be nice to be a bit autonomous again, to enjoy something a bit quiet.
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The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.
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My dad was a janitor for U.S. Radium Corporation, and he stayed there for 37 years. So he didn't read.
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Honestly, if the worst these people can say about me is that I'm gay, then I think I'll be fine. I can handle it.
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I'm an urban act.
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When you ask people, 'What's the opposite of fragile?,' they tend to say robust, resilient, adaptable, solid, strong. That's not it. The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.
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You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills.
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I think it's disrespectful to go onto a set without some clear idea of what your intentions are, because then you're hanging the director out to dry.
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Great communicators don't just hear the words. Great communicators hear the meaning behind the words
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I think a lot of the people who write about me think that if they had to write fewer interviews then they would transcribe their life-story and it would be a big success. Or should be.
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Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts.
