Mary Harris Jones Quotes
In Georgia where children work day and night in the cotton mills they have just passed a bill to protect song birds. What about the little children from whom all song is gone?
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that.
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If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool.
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Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.
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Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to be normal, you're going to go to school, you're going to get good grades, you're going to play soccer, and if you do well, if you keep your grades up, you can do one community-theater show a year.'
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I try not to push myself too hard, but I also need to perform and earn the results.
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I really like clever men who challenge you.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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It is much simpler and easier to collect and caress the trophies of our democratic inheritance than it is to fashion up-to-date tools with which to work on our current problems.
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After almost 50 years in which federal spending averaged about 20 percent of GDP, Joe Sestak and Nancy Pelosi took federal spending to 25 percent. You know, that's a 25 percent increase in the size of the government overnight. That's what we - that's what we've got to rein in.
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I'm pleased to announce that my government will build the much-needed Melbourne airport rail link.
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I've always said that gray hair looks good on everybody but yourself. To me, it makes me look old.
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In Georgia where children work day and night in the cotton mills they have just passed a bill to protect song birds. What about the little children from whom all song is gone?
