Abigail Padgett Quotes
Prisoners, slaves, women and children, the sick, weak, disabled, animals, the earth itself – all were fair game for the cruel sport of those who had power. It was wrong, it was evil, but it was a fact of life.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.
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There is a huge body of evidence showing that people do better in their work when they know why they're doing it in the first place. They do better when they see what they're doing contributes to something in the world.
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A film of my life would never happen!
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I'm no different than any other human being. I play music for a living, and we're very blessed.
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I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.
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Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them.
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Under the rubric of conservatism, the Republican party of Bush I and II has been reinventing itself into what conservatives would have once recognized as a Rockefeller party reciting Reaganite rhetoric.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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People were always asking me who I wanted to tour with, and I always said Jason Aldean or Brad Paisley.
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Hell is when we look back during that fraction of a second and know that we wasted an opportunity to dignify the miracle of life. Paradise is being able to say at that moment: 'I made some mistakes, but I wasn’t a coward. I lived my life and did what I had to do.'
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Badgers know where their strength lies. Do you?
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I didn't think that college math was for me. I didn't think I'd be able to hack it. And that perception of math not being for girls, not being for girls who see themselves as socially well adjusted has got to change.
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The universe throws us some obvious little pitches sometimes, and we need to be awake enough not to let them slip by.
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The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.
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Prisoners, slaves, women and children, the sick, weak, disabled, animals, the earth itself – all were fair game for the cruel sport of those who had power. It was wrong, it was evil, but it was a fact of life.
