C. Vivian Stringer Quotes
A lot of people got bent out of shape thinking that we claimed to be the jewel of the east. What we hoped to do was become the jewel of the east. I think anybody who loves competition has to appreciate someone who is going to push the envelope a little bit in terms of competing.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
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My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go places for six months here, and two years there. And I was home-schooled because I played the violin, and I did a lot of competitions.
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Spending money is much more difficult than making money.
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It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.
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I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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It doesn't matter how rich or poor you are: when you're sick, you want the exact same thing.
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An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain.
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I've known painters who never did any good work because instead of painting their models they seduced them.
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After a while in marriage, it doesn't work anymore. There is something missing, there is something wrong. There are few marriages that stay alive forever. We like something, and after a while, we hate what we used to love.
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A lot of people got bent out of shape thinking that we claimed to be the jewel of the east. What we hoped to do was become the jewel of the east. I think anybody who loves competition has to appreciate someone who is going to push the envelope a little bit in terms of competing.
