Shirley Chisholm (Shirley Anita Chisholm) Quotes
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I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and the world falls away after us. And it's just nonsense.
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A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.
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Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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Yoga may look peaceful and calming, but even Arnold Schwarzenegger would have trouble breathing after twenty 'surya namaskars' in a row.
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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
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Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
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Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.
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Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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In the United States, large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation's funeral at our expense.
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Just like music, sports elevates us to new levels of achievment.
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For me, there's nothing better than curling up in my favorite blanket on a cloudy or rainy day and just knit. Especially in front of the fireplace.
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It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split.
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I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution. I remember during that time, a young, charismatic leader rose up, talking about hope and change. His name was Fidel Castro.
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I think that anything is a form of folk music. That's just me being glib, but the thing I like the best about humans, and there are not many other things besides this, is that humans make culture. If you're an artist, a big part of folk is noticing what other people are doing and incorporating it and changing it - the way that songs warp and change over time.
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Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.
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Nothing is ever 100 per cent. Plays happen in a split second. (Referees) have to make that decision in a nanosecond. Now that you have a chance to take a look at it again, I think it enhances the integrity of the game.
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I am and always will be a catalyst for change.
