Shirley Chisholm (Shirley Anita Chisholm) Quotes
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Press conferences aren't the best thing to do, but it's part of the job.
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Metaphysics is a science.
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If I am elected president, keep an eye on the tarmac, because I'll be back, because Iowa in 2017 will not be fly-over country. It will be fly-to country.
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To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated.
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Photos have no narrative content. They only describe light on surface.
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At which time the repulsor puts out its final effort and slows you down so you crash quite slowly into the surface." "Crash." "Quite slowly." Face & Luke
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When the family dies, the nation follows.
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When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear. When the body's intelligence declines, cleverness and knowledge step forth. When there is no peace in the family, filial piety begins. When the country falls into chaos, patriotism is born.
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So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.
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Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not rule for ever.
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It could have been me. And just the hope and prayers that, you know, if, if the shoes were switched, that you know, Laci would do the same thing for me.
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I prefer my oysters fried; that way I know my oysters died.
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Second-home buyers should go into this with their eyes very wide open.
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The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully.
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I often quote Hitler, who said words to the effect of, "Rulers are fortunate that the people do not think." Politicians know this. Even when the public seems to be upset, the politicians know if they can put on a brave face and ride it out, they generally will.
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It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later!
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My main source of reading is scripts, which doesn't leave a whole lot of room for books.
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I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black.
