Shirley Chisholm (Shirley Anita Chisholm) Quotes
America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity.
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Age for me is just a number.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip.
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Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
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If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.
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I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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I think I am the same kind of person I would have been if I wasn't an actor. I am not a robot.
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I like to prepare each tour in a different way.
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The trouble with conservatives is that too many of them come to Washington thinking they are going to drain the swamp, only to discover that Washington is a hot tub.
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Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
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Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.
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I know my music is going well when I don't have insomnia.
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I started with California, and I did not like it. I flew over to Seattle, and I did not like it much. I felt like Iowa is the place - I like the people and the environment.
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My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream.
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I have never been able to separate - nor have I wanted to - my personal love and desire for truth, passion, and understanding from my lyrics.
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When I was five or six, I asked to sing at a big family party, and ever since I got up there in front of everyone in my suit - it had a blue collar, like in 'Scarface' - I had the bug.
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Don`t make unimportant things important
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Nashville is wicked. It's like a proper music community, but it's also quintessentially American. You bump into people there with cowboy hats that spit in jars and call you 'boy.' I just love that.
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America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity.
