Shirley Chisholm (Shirley Anita Chisholm) Quotes
I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having skin darkened by melanin. When you put it that way, it sounds like a foolish reason for fame. In a just and free society it would be foolish. That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black and a woman proves, I think, that our society is not yet either just or free.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish.
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I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sake of seeing and speaking with the world's greatest living man - Alexander von Humboldt.
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A 'conservative believer' must be someone who believes that Jesus was truly human as well as truly divine.
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You spend so much to buy these media net stories or full page ads to build perception... you can rather save this money and put it in the making or marketing of the film.
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I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.
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Outcome is simply the final score: Who won the game; what numbers came up in a roll of the dice; how high did a stock go. Outcome is the result, regardless of the method used to achieve it. It is not controllable.
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Writing a book, you can only get stopped by yourself.
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Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy.
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Any time that you can give the consumer more of what they want, it's a good thing. I said from Day 1 that the unbundling of the album is a good thing.
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The two candidates have very different visions of America. Donald Trump's is very dark: Things are not going well. There are dark days ahead unless you make a change, and he's the one to fix it.
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I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.
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Both parents’ rights must exist primarily to assist the parents in fulfilling their responsibilities. Primarily does not mean exclusively.
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If you think about it, Aretha did basically the same things that I do.
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It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes.
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All great achievements require time.
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No one should have to live in fear.
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I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.
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I have very strong relationships with my actors when I'm shooting. When you love an actor's work, you always feel you have to go further, and you make several films together. One film just gives you time to get acquainted.
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A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings the songs and tells the stories.
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If you make mistakes, you pay for them.
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Imagine what a focused human being could do in a day to make a difference in this world.
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I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having skin darkened by melanin. When you put it that way, it sounds like a foolish reason for fame. In a just and free society it would be foolish. That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black and a woman proves, I think, that our society is not yet either just or free.
