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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I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that.
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I did a musical that I don't think anybody ever saw, called 'One Shining Moment,' and in that cast was Megan Mullally and Kevin Anderson.
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All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.
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To deny that human beings are filled with anti-social passions betrays a denial of reality and a lack of self-awareness. One has to be taught nonsense for a great many formative years to believe it.
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But there's not enough time in life to go sit at a party, have a drink, and make idle conversation. There's too many important things to do. Just being together with my husband, spending time alone, which I have very little of.
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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.
