Saul Alinsky (Saul David Alinsky) Quotes
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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I pledge to you today that for as long as I am your governor, I will not seek or accept any outside compensation from any source.
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When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.
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Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same work ethic that he had 65 years ago. His family is what he cares about the most, and at the heart of his whole being is his marriage and kids.
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I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
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I feared vulnerability more than my actual emotional pain itself!
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When I think of the most beautiful women, they're not supermodels.
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Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
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You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together.
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I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
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I am always the 'good guy', and I take on the idiotic jerks of the nation.
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I think soul will always find its way into what I'm doing. It just comes from my root.
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Every education law should be based around the question, 'Is this good for children?' And it's not.
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It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.
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I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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My perspective comes in part from being a New York black lady, in part from being an engineer. I know I'm smart and have opinions worth being heard.
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What we're showing may not be your reality, but it's ours.
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Succeeding makes us feel good. But beating someone else makes us feel really good. Comparing ourselves to others and coming out on top creates a sense of entitlement. And when we feel entitled, we cheat more because, of course, the rules don't apply to awesome people like us.
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This world is filled with five billion people with five billion different ways of looking at things.
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Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.
