Fannie Lou Hamer Quotes
I guess if I'd had any sense, I'd have been a little scared [to register to vote] - but what was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do was kill me, and it kinda seemed like they'd been trying to do that a little bit at a time since I could remember.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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I couldn't follow nobody's rules.
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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer.
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Sometimes I talk to religious people about my column or what I do, and I ask them to, you know, read 20 or 30 of them and then come tell me that the message at the heart of every column isn't, 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' In every possible sense.
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It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.
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As an actress, as you get older, you find yourself in a situation where you play mothers or women who are hoping to be mothers.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.
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I'm a model, but I love to eat.
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I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
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I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He's able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.
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Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
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I never sold any of my pieces. I had all the money I wanted. Then I would have lost my sculptures and just had more money.
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From slavery to segregation, we remember that America did not always live up to its ideals. In fact, we often fell far short of them. But we also learned that fundamental to our national character is the drive to live out the true meaning of our creed.
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If I would have ever dreamed that I wouldn't be in Van Halen anymore and was going to have resume my solo career again, I would have never contributed anything towards my own greatest hits package.
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I recently read an article on how I was dropped from a film because I couldn't dance! It was so ridiculous that I decided to shut up about it. Let people say what they want to. It's such a waste of time.
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What does bother me is that I have to spend time and energy dealing with the ramifications of what people do think about me.
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I guess if I'd had any sense, I'd have been a little scared [to register to vote] - but what was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do was kill me, and it kinda seemed like they'd been trying to do that a little bit at a time since I could remember.
