Shirley Chisholm (Shirley Anita Chisholm) Quotes
When I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be a catalyst of change. I don't want to be remembered as the first black woman who went to Congress. And I don't even want to be remembered as the first woman who happened to be black to make a bid for the Presidency I want to be remembered as a woman who fought for change in the twentieth century. That's what I want.
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An artist is born like a priest is born. If they are born an artist, I would tell them art is not a game: it is something very serious which completely requires everything you have to give.
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Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
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Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year.
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I did two movies that were arthouse movies; they were critically successful but made no money at all... but after making those movies, I thought, 'I wouldn't watch my own movies when I was 16, and my buddies where I came from wouldn't watch my movies, because they were boring.'
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I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.
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Success is the best revenge. I always feel women should answer back either with their sarcasm or success.
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On a given day, you can have market fluctuations where prices fluctuate far more than the underlying economic value of the unit.
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Looking back, I got the bed I wanted and I lay in it. I didn't want to go to America. If you want to join that world, you have to go and live there, and that was something I could not have done. I am very much about family. It doesn't matter where I live, but I feel very needful of my people around me. Besides, theatre is my first love.
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I'll put on a song that I really like and do bicep curls with two kilo weights the whole song.
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We may not be worthy to be forgiven, but He is worthy to forgive us.
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I personally just want to do as many different things as I can do, whether it's comedy, drama, science fiction, horror, narrator... You've got a documentary, I've got a voice. Animated films. Big films, small films.
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Apparently it’s my fault that the Titanic sank.
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We'll hopefully get this thing wound up in a reasonable time.
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You may disagree with some changes in this bill, just as some of our members disagree with other details, ... But all Americans will see this bill as a victory for common sense, and I urge you to support it.
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I never thought about the green, but LA has a lot of greenery.
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To actually be a part of a brand that you look up to, and a legendary one at that, is super dope.
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When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.
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I believe the best friendships are forged with those you can be yourself with.
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When I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be a catalyst of change. I don't want to be remembered as the first black woman who went to Congress. And I don't even want to be remembered as the first woman who happened to be black to make a bid for the Presidency I want to be remembered as a woman who fought for change in the twentieth century. That's what I want.
