Jane Elliott Quotes
When you say to a person of colour, 'When I see you, I don't see you Black; I just see everybody the same' think about that. You don't have the right to say to a person, 'I do not see you as you are; I want to see you as I would be more comfortable seeing you.'
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I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.
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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.
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The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
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I'm a family guy, so I would love to have a family; I would love to find that perfect person to have a family with.
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I thought Sarah Palin was the ultimate expression of comic outrageousness in a person.
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It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.'
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I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.
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Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism.
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I felt that Balanchine was my father towards me. He was the person I most admired and looked up to.
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He who calls a person a fascist for opposing independence is not only wrong but putting themselves on the same level as those who call us Nazis for wanting independence.
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I'm a very competitive person.
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I am an ordinary person.
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I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
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A powerful person is equally cool with their flaws and things that aren't powerful about them at all.
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There is no such thing as a faithless person; we either have faith in the power of love, or faith in the power of fear. For faith is an aspect of consciousness. Have faith in love, and fear will lose its power over you. Have faith in forgiveness, and your self-hatred will fall away. Have faith in miracles, and they will come to you.
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All progress depends upon the unreasonable person.
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First time I walked out on the Opry stage, Vince Gill was there. He kind of 'daddied' me through the whole thing. My knees were knocking. I walked out there, and I was literally shaking. They say it's the spirits or the ghosts. And out of respect for that whole establishment, I was really really nervous.
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It's always good when you can bring two artists together who are totally different.
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When you say to a person of colour, 'When I see you, I don't see you Black; I just see everybody the same' think about that. You don't have the right to say to a person, 'I do not see you as you are; I want to see you as I would be more comfortable seeing you.'
