Shirley Chisholm (Shirley Anita Chisholm) Quotes
In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.
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I'll fill those canyons in your soul, like a river lead you home. And I'll walk a step behind, in the shadows so you shine. Just ask, it will be done and I will prove my love, until you're sure that I'm the one.
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The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I bought it when I was downtown this morning.
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There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
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People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.
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I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.
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If this is the end of the world, give me a fork and a knife.
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Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.
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I've got a transcendental way of thinking about things. I've got a galactic self.
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One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.
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At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still an African society in which the majority of the people and communities live under severe deprivations and afflictions that are no fault of theirs.
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Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience.
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All my life, everything has been a contest.
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A-bop-bop-a-loom-op-a-lop-bop-boom.
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We tried to present an emotional scrapbook of what it felt like to be a band member on this 20-year journey.
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I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.
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Paradoxically, life is worth living for those who have something for which they will gladly give up life.
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A moment's thought would have shown him. But a moment is a long time, and thought is a painful process.
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What a child can do today with assistance, she will be able to do by herself tomorrow.
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Knee-jerk liberals and all the certified saints of sanctified humanism are quick to condemn this great and much-maligned Transylvanian statesman.
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There are a lot of artists that come and go very quickly, and I understand why just because someone has a No. 1 doesn't necessarily mean they should be up for best male or female categories. I understand that Aria are protecting the integrity of what Aria is, but I do think that pop music isn't recognised enough.
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In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.
