Maya Angelou Quotes
It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.
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I join with Governor Rick Snyder and thousands of grassroots supporters and activists from across the state of Michigan in asking you all to please help me in supporting Pete Hoekstra, who I am proud to endorse. He will be our next United States senator.
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I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.
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If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one.
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.
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There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
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We tend to pay attention to that which is the most current on our radar screen.
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A nation's economy is more than its markets, tastes, technologies and property rights.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
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My hope is that shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat' open the door for even more of those kinds of characters for Asian actors and actresses.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about.
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And if I'm being honest, I don't think I have an ex-boyfriend who would have something mean to say about me.
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Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.
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哪里有压迫，哪里就有反抗。
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I've tried my best, but the wind was too strong and I felt a bit tired.
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I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
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It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.
