Shirley Chisholm (Shirley Anita Chisholm) Quotes
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.
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Culture constitutes an essential element of social and political liberation. As people rise up across the Middle East and North Africa, the diversity of their cultures is not only the means but also the ultimate goal of their liberation and their freedom.
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I don't expect anybody to know who I am.
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Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial plans to determine the ribosome structure.
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I was a ballet dancer growing up and that's what I was convinced I would be.
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If Assad continues to conduct strikes against the Free Syrian Army at will, it would be very difficult for them to have any success against ISIS.
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One thing I know that's true about horror fans of any color is they like to be scared. And the easiest place to be scared is in a new thing.
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The world is a complex place, and the influence of the media in its representation and its power of communication and interpretation is a remarkable amplifier of emotions, and of illusions.
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When I turned 30, I started to feel all those miles. At times, you want to turn the faucet off a bit, but I never want to stop traveling. That's what it's all about - taking the music to the people.
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Both need each other: The agnostic cannot be content to not know, but must be in search of the great truth of faith; the Catholic cannot be content to have faith, but must be in search of God all the time, and in the dialogue with others, a Catholic can learn more about God in a deeper fashion.
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There are no Kleenex boxes on these loops, just so you know.
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By the time I auditioned for 'Aliens in America,' the July 7 bombing had happened in London. So I'd had those experiences where I would get onto the Tube, and people would get off. So there was a lot about Raja that I understood.
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Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.
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We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
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Individual investors have become far more powerful than anyone gives them credit for. Today, 85 million Americans invest in stocks. Collectively, that kind of buying and selling power can move markets.
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Emotional intelligence is a very important skill set, not just to be happier but also to succeed professionally.
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A great affliction of all Philistines is that idealities afford them no entertainment, but to escape from boredom they are always in need of realities.
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A good game gives us meaningful accomplishment - clear achievement that we don't necessarily get from real life. In a game, you've beaten level four, the boss monster is dead, you have a badge, and now you have a super laser sword. Real life isn't like that, right?
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Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
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If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.
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I don’t measure America by its achievement but by its potential.
