Pearl Cleage Quotes
I didn't have a dream of being a press secretary, I had a dream of being a playwright; I had a dream of being a novelist and a poet.
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I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.
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I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I'm still considered a role model.
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What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that have curtailed the freedom of the National Endowment for the Arts. The attention to those issues is deflected by the spin of my supposedly having trivialized the Holocaust.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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We are very luck to be women, so even if we're wearing trousers, I always wear them with some lace underwear or a very feminine bra - I like that.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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I want to act, if I can, as a bridge for people who read 'Shock Doctrine' or 'No Logo'. People who are sitting out for whatever reasons.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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I am Cuban, my parents are Cuban, and I was not adopted.
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The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball.
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I'm a big believer in the power of visualizations. And so are neuroscientists. Numerous studies have proven how merely imagining positive circumstances sends blood flowing from negative brain regions to positive ones.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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We do violence to the consciousness of a past age when we divide what was indivisible to it: the one sacred truth of the Christian creed.
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I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me.
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The result may not be perfect. But our forefathers wanted us to compromise to get things done for America.
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There isn't an aspect of book creation I don't enjoy, and there has always been a book in my life to dream about or work on.
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I didn't have a dream of being a press secretary, I had a dream of being a playwright; I had a dream of being a novelist and a poet.
