Harriet Ann Jacobs Quotes
I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
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There are a lot of really great cartoonists out there. It's nice to be thought of as one of them.
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If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.
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It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
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A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
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My parents gave me the easy option that if you're going to go your way, that's the highway. You can expect no funds and no support, which I think was legitimate; that was a fair option.
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I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
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One shouldn't know the future.
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Habits change into character.
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I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
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I only use my sick days for hang-overs and soap opera weddings.
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Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.
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I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.
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On behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America - and our one million member activists - I am honored to be here to talk to you about what's at stake for women in 2012. I am proud to say that the Democratic Party believes that women have the right to choose a safe, legal abortion with dignity and privacy.
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In Kurdistan, there's a lot of hardship – a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made me a director.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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I have no trouble with y enemies. But my god damn friends... they are the ones that keep me walking the floors at night.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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Western theology invariably asks the question: Are miracles possible? This of course addresses the Enlightenment problem of a closed universe. In much of Asia that is a non-question because the miraculous is assumed and fairly regularly experienced.
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I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.
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Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.
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I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.
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The Americans are optimistic by their nature. And they are hopeful.
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I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away.
