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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The kids get a vote. That's very important when it comes to raising kids. And always keep the bigger picture in mind.
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And of course, in the case of Barack Obama, had he not won primaries - and particularly the heavily important caucus in Iowa - if the public hadn't shown that they were prepared to vote for a black president, we wouldn't have one today.
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People ask me all the time what it's like to work with my mother. I feel completely blessed because, first of all, this has given us an opportunity to enrich our relationship in ways we never could have imagined. Our time together is purely creative. It's unfettered by politics or the news of the day or aches and pains or family dramas or anything else. This time together is sort of golden and protected as being just creative time, which is heavenly.
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People are like, 'Was it hard growing up mixed?' 'Did you not fit in?' and I'm like, 'No? What? That's the dumbest question ever.'
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I'm a school dropout. So, at the age of 16, I moved to Mumbai to try my luck on some business.
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Where Negroes provide 20 percent of the vote, they should have 20 per cent of the jobs.
