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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The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
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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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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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The purpose creates the machine.
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Alabama has made great progress in proving that BP, Halliburton, and Transocean are liable for the devastating effects of the oil spill.
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Animation in itself has so many different looks and styles and possibilities.
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When you're in prison, you want to know that you were thought about.
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Doesn't the world inside a black and white photograph seem more real? It's because the real world is losing its color
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It certainly is a situation of great delicacy but, at the same time, one in which it would seem I hold fifty per cent of the bargaining power in order that the Duchess and I can plan for the future in the most constructive and convenient way.
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Much of the time I’ve spent trying to impress people has been a waste. The reality is people are impressed with all kinds of things: intelligence, power, money, charm, talent, and so on. But the ones we tend to stay in love with are, in the long run, the ones who do a decent job loving us back.
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Whenever someone is subjected to the control of others, it is essential for them to understand the people in power. In most organizations, workers understand the managers much better than the managers understand the workers.
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We spend so much time together, because that's how we like it. I never used to go on girl's nights out, even at school. And Paul has never liked going out for a night with the boys, either.
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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.
