Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Quotes
Where Negroes provide 20 percent of the vote, they should have 20 per cent of the jobs.
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I have never yet exercised the privilege of voting, but had I been called upon at the last presidential election to do so, I should most certainly have cast my vote for Mr. Clay.
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I'm a big believer if you want to change people's minds or get someone to vote for you, either a voter or a colleague, you've got to first get their attention.
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Censure is a limp noodle across the wrist of the president. I think the way we vote on the articles will express the way we feel stronger than any censure vote.
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Everybody is looking for an election where they can do something and participate.
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I can do a little bit of comedy. I can be in an in-between place, where I can do a little bit.
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I moved to Lucerne, where I have lived happily with my family ever since.
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I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.
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Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
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Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.
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If you ask the fish whether they'd rather have an oil spill or a season of fishing, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd vote for another blowout.
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There are a number of Americans who shouldn't vote. The number is 57 percent, to judge by the combined total of Clinton and Perot ballots in the 1996 presidential election.
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Television is the most perfect democracy. You sit there with your remote control and vote.
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We were elected in a wave because the people in America, if they had a single issue that troubled them the most, it was that health care vote.
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I'd vote for Mickey Mouse before I voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin.
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I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup and be tougher!
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I won't tell anyone where my favourite place in Scotland is... but it might be somewhere on Skye.
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I try not to be in situations where I'm being grabbed at. For the most part, you can avoid them.
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I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.
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To customers, it's the shirt that matters, not where it's made.
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I go into military communities and do fundraisers and that kind of thing with the band, because I know that the music can help do a lot of things. It can bring communities together, it can raise awareness... and it entertains.
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I have never felt anchored when it comes to fashion. I've always had to depend on a stylist helping me to figure it out.
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When you see a merger between two giants in a declining industry, it can look like the financial version of a couple having a baby to save a marriage.
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“Time and happenings and the grace of God are the best solvers of puzzles. One must leave much to these, if he is not to worry himself into premature senility.”
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Where Negroes provide 20 percent of the vote, they should have 20 per cent of the jobs.
