Shirley Chisholm (Shirley Anita Chisholm) Quotes
That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions.
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The treatment by some towards these young refugees is hideously racist and utterly heartless. What's happening to our country?
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I started to write a lot of ballads that were sultry and had a Norah Jones-for-country kind of feel. I wanted to bring elements of old soul music and old country music.
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I had immigrant grandparents who came to this country and came for religious freedom and loved it, never made any money, Bronx, Brooklyn, but loved America. And they told me every day it's the greatest country in the world.
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You don't have to spend much time in Shanghai before you start to get all existential about the meaning of authenticity. Did you know that Shanghai is building nine satellite towns, each designed to mimic the architecture and culture of a different country?
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I don't want to let the rest of this country drift into the abyss. I want to fight for it.
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We have to build a better education in this country. We need to step it up.
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I made the best business decision at 14 when I decided to get into acting. The worst was owning 2 homes at the same time.
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America is unique in the world. If you don't believe that, just ask someone from another country.
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I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge that our foreign friends are welcome to join in our endeavor to develop the resources of our country.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
It's important for youth, black youths particularly, to be able to fill in the blanks of themselves so they can know completely who they are, but also all the country to understand what this means: what the civil rights movement does to us as people. It is part of the journey that we must be on in order to become fully evolved human beings.
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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
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Trying to learn from communities and engage with policy makers and community organizers all across the country is really important to me.
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There are no problems that exist in the District that have been solved elsewhere in the country. Whatever problems exist in this city exist other places.
Chaka Fattah -
I'm a country bumpkin. I'm not a showgirl.
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I missed a lot of decisions. At the time of making such a decision, there was no doubt in my mind as to its correctness. However, a second or two later I felt that I erred and wished I could change my original ruling.
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I am running for President of the United States to enable the Goddess of Peace to encircle within her arms all the children of this country and all the children of the world.
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I started in a very small tennis club in a South American country where I never thought about becoming the best tennis player.
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Canada is the only country founded on the relentless pursuit of the rodent.
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I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war.
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I think it would be cool if you were writing a ransom note on your computer, if the paper clip popped up and said, 'Looks like you're writing a ransom note. Need help? You should use more forceful language, you'll get more money.'
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The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions.
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I wanted to do something a little bit more feminine after my second movie, 'Joshy,' which was so masculine.
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What we have done, I think, is build a model from a lot of hard lessons in Afghanistan and Iraq but in other places around the world, where we are working with them in an advisory capacity.
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That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions.
