James Meredith Quotes
My momma was slick as greased lightning. She knew how to get anybody and everybody to do whatever she wanted 'em to do.
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The family is the school of duties - founded on love.
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.
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My memory is basically visual: that's what I remember, rooms and landscapes. What I do not remember are what the people in these room were telling me. I never see letters or sentences when I write or read, but only the images they produce.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
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Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
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I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.
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I'm not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed.
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I'm not sought after. I never get enough work. It's the history of my career. There just isn't anything to turn down, let me put it that way.
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I started playing piano age six. I was also singing in the choir, so my mum put me into music school. I went to study there for seven years, but it was not my passion. I quit because I wanted to study marketing. But I can still play piano.
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I watched the Disney Channel all the time growing up. 'Lizzie McGuire' was my all-time favorite. I'm pretty sure I had every piece of merchandise that involved Lizzie. And I loved 'That's So Raven.'
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There's a lot of things I want to do. I want to learn Italian. I want to learn to play tennis better. I want to motivate the world, basically.
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One thing I'm not going to do is chase staying alive. You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won't live.
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On a lot of shows that I've done, we had the same directors, which was cool. But then, it's also great to do shows where the director changes every week, because you get to see all these different personalities and see what you like dealing with better, as an actor.
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Everything I have in life comes from Knots Landing.
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So instead of beating myself up for being fat, I think it's a miracle that I laugh every day and walk through my life with pride, because our culture is unrelenting when it comes to large people.
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There are few sights sadder than a ruined book. -Lemony Snicket
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The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society.
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Our national debt poses a threat to all Americans and is particularly troublesome both for well-established businesses and for those seeking to enter into the marketplace.
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My momma was slick as greased lightning. She knew how to get anybody and everybody to do whatever she wanted 'em to do.
