Jesse Jackson Quotes
We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.
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I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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My baby is amazing; even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him! He's a big, beautiful boy. He's great.
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I think for being not unsympathetic that their appearance may also appear, so differently it, must; similarly as with animals, which meet us in very different forms, which look somehow harmonious however all. On exactly such forms I would stand.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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The way you personally communicate is 90 per cent of how you will be evaluated by any future employer.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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I do remember in high school I wanted to be a disc jockey.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me.
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Politics is a good thing!
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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Playing a concert for 2 hours is pie. I would do that every minute of every day if I could. I love to perform. It's the 22 hours before the next show that kills you.
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When I came to Congress, I campaigned for fiscal responsibility. And the earmarking problem and crisis caused a great erosion in the public's confidence in Congress. We've got to find a way to do it without that. And I'm confident that we can.
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It's so great as an actor to get the opportunity to do something that's incredibly truthful.
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I never really thought of myself as an Asian-American cartoonist, any more than I thought of myself as a cartoonist who wears glasses.
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As a kid, I spent an awful lot of time pretending I was somebody else. I think growing up in the 1980s wasn't very exciting so you kind of create this secret life of an alternate person. You pretend to be whatever you need to be that day, so you live in that dream world.
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We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.
