Mary Harris Jones Quotes
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I burp, I fart. I'm a real woman.
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Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
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We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
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If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
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People want opportunity so they can earn security.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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I don't know how I got involved in 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' It came from my agent Hugh. He got the opportunity for me.
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I'm not a T.G.I.F. guy. I get off a plane at 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm looking for my secretary because I want to know what's going on.
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I try to do as many different roles as the system will allow me. That's the benefit of not being in a giant blockbuster where you're the lead and you get typecast in that kind of role. I am able to slip in or out of a lot of different parts.
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Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
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If you think back to your first love, you always remember them and little things always remind you of them.
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You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot be more than a lady.
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The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. It's cool how music grows, but the foundation is always there. It's not going anywhere. The blues is always going to be relevant.
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Radicalization is very easy when you mock what people hold dear.
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There is less in this than meets the eye.
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I believe the main task of the spirit is to free man from his ego.
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I just wondered what a thing it would be...if overnight everything you owe anything to, justice, or love, had really gone away. Free. It would be...heartless terror. Yes. Terrible, and... Very great. To shed your skin, every old skin, one by one and then walk away, unemcumbered, into the morning.
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Napping is too luxurious, too sybaritic, too unproductive, and it's free; pleasures for which we don't pay make us anxious. Besides, it seems to be a natural inclination. ... Fighting off natural inclinations is a major Puritan virtue, and nothing that feels that good can be respectable.
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I've always had these morals I've sort of put on myself: that excess is bad. I used to be into Buddhism and stuff. I was vegetarian. I was all about shutting things out.
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Bitterness is so ugly.
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You must stand for free speech in the streets.
