Harriet Ann Jacobs Quotes
DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress.
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When I travel, there are no rules with my diet. I eat whatever looks good, but in small portions. Food is such a rich part of the travel experience. There is no way I would cut that out!
Zoe McLellan
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The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.
C. Everett Koop
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
Carine Roitfeld
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I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.
Pat Quinn
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
Yishan Wong
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The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed.
Edna O'Brien
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I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me.
Vin Scully
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There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
Walter Becker China Crisis
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
Salman Rushdie
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
Adam Lambert
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There was a bit of a comparison that Bret was making between Vince McMahon and my dad. He looked up to Vince as a dad and stuff, and it was a shame to see the whole thing end the way it did.
Owen Hart
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
Zadie Smith
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It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.
Jackson Pollock
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
Vince Vaughn
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Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
Baltasar Gracian
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Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
Abdus Salam
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Making movies is never going to get better than working on a Coen brothers project.
Sam Elliott
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It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are considered to be Thai have traveled abroad in a great number.
Bhumibol Adulyadej
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Any company has got to reinvent itself again and again.
Bob Parsons
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Many persons believed, or pretended to believe, and confidently asserted, that freed slaves would not make good soldiers; they would lack courage, and could not be subjected to military discipline. Facts have shown how groundless were these apprehensions. The slave has proved his manhood, and his capacity as an infantry soldier, at Milliken's Bend, at the assault upon Port Hudson, and the storming of Fort Wagner. The apt qualifications of the colored man for artillery service have long been known and recognized by the naval service.
Edwin M. Stanton
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I live with my family on the top of a hill in the country, and during the days, my house is quiet, save for the occasional excitement of the FedEx truck heading up the driveway. I write.
Dani Shapiro
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Breast cancer, whether I like it or not, is part of my family's story. That's why I am so passionate about raising awareness, because I have seen firsthand how it can impact others.
DeAngelo Williams
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DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress.
Harriet Ann Jacobs