Alice Mattison Quotes
We still have so many cultures in which people are imprisoned and whipped and killed for writing what they think.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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When my husband is away and I'm by myself, my neighbours will insist I eat with them every single night because they see it as unhealthy to eat by yourself.
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I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.
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Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.
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I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.
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When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws and the liberties, which formed a part of our heritage as Britons.
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I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth.
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My parents don't have any showbusiness links. They are so far away from it.
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I don't like juries having the wool pulled over their eyes. I don't think that's what the Constitution is about.
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The world is a big place and our brain is only three pounds.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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The truth was I felt ugly growing up. I only really started feeling comfortable in myself when I was 40.
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Too often, nonprofits are viewed as rigid and bureaucratic - less nimble and capable of adapting in this fluid environment than our corporate counterparts. I don't agree.
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The fun for me in collaboration is, one, working with other people just makes you smarter; that's proven.
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We still have so many cultures in which people are imprisoned and whipped and killed for writing what they think.
