Strom Thurmond (James Strom Thurmond Sr.) Quotes
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We expanded primarily for our people - if you don't offer more opportunities, you don't keep good people.
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There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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Every economic opinion is associated with a set of assumptions.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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The people who used to hold the purse strings were a select group of white, middle-aged men, but that's changing, and the more it continues to change, the more we'll see inclusive stories get told.
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The good news is world population growth rate decreases systematically and is expected to reach zero by 2050, thanks to urbanisation and women's education.
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I've been getting pulled from newspapers for my entire career.
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And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
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I had dreams of conehead aliens when I was little. Before 'Saturday Night Live' did it. And then they came out with them, and I went on to be a glorified extra in the movie. When everyone else was laughing, I was scared.
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Whatever you are, you have the right to get married.
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Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will.
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'Hey, what's the name of that nice young girl, my loyalist supporter?' I said, Mr. President, her name is Annie Ferrer. 'Will you give that girl my regards and kisses?' he asked. I said yes, of course-it was really strange.
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I'm very proud of New Order and Joy Division, that heritage of songs.
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I learned to do a few tricks that other people hadn't done before. I developed that trebly bass thing a little further.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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High heels empower women in a way.
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I love all of you men, but you women even more!
