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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That receiving a pension or disability benefits prevents people from getting better. After all, the amygdala knows nothing of pensions.
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If you can talk the talk but cant walk the walk youll look like a fool. That's the risk but with great risk comes great reward.
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If you convert to Islam after a couple of decades of being a black man in the U.S., the discrimination you receive as a Muslim doesn't feel like a shock.
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I am arguing that it is a mistake for trans activists to focus our resources and attention on winning inclusion in legal equality frameworks, such as anti-discrimination laws and hate crimes laws, that will not provide relief from the life-shortening conditions trans populations are facing. Winning legal equality - getting the law to cast us as victims of discrimination who the state will protect - will not support our survival.
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There's a sorry history of these kinds of charges of bias being leveled at women and judges of color, and also gay and lesbian judges. The theory being that they're going to be incapable of a disinterested judgment on matters that involve their own identity groups. And it came up famously for Constance Baker Motley who was one of the first African American federal judges in a case involving sex discrimination.
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I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black.
