William Julius Wilson Quotes
A lot of joblessness in the black community doesn't seem to be reachable through fiscal and monetary policies. People have not been drawn into the labor market even during periods of economic recovery.William Julius Wilson
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My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.
Damon Wayans, Jr. -
At times, it seems as if the only women effortlessly balancing their jobs, kids, husbands and homes are the ones on TV.
Nancy Gibbs -
The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Ditrich knows exactly what it is, though he says it is under construction.
Rafael Correa -
The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
Jacob Bronowski -
For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.
Omar Bongo -
I grew up in a village of 12 houses. We had a well and a cow.
Olesya Rulin
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
Natalie Cole -
It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
Mackenzie Rosman -
So they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the windows, so the little house could not see them go. It stayed there inside the log fence, behind the two big oak trees that in the summertime had made green roofs for Mary and Laura to play under.
Laura Ingalls Wilder -
It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
Patrick Whitesell -
All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.
Wale -
When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'
J. Michael Straczynski
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You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.
Jacki Weaver -
I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.
Adam Pally -
We are very serious about imposing weapons restrictions on the PFLP and other Palestinian groups operating from their camps in Lebanon.
Walid Jumblatt -
It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.
Camille Paglia -
We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.
Ted Engstrom -
I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.
Beau Bridges
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When in Rome, I must do as the Romans do. When in America, make Bikram copyright and trademark.
Bikram Choudhury -
I will do today what others won't so I can do tomorrow what others can't.
Ted Yoho -
It's important for anyone working at a hyper growth company such as Airbnb to embrace learning and be open in order to keep pace with the changing environment.
Belinda Johnson -
Honestly, in retrospect, it probably was a little easier being an adolescent and not having people immediately know that Hef was my dad.
Christie Hefner -
In this room we're all here together, but there's probably a lot of different views, people sitting here thinking, I don't own any slaves, all the slaves are dead. Why am I responsible? My family were immigrants, too.
Johnnie Cochran -
A lot of joblessness in the black community doesn't seem to be reachable through fiscal and monetary policies. People have not been drawn into the labor market even during periods of economic recovery.
William Julius Wilson