Ed Markey Quotes
However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.
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I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.
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Nothing makes us love a person as much as praying for him.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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I have cut four albums so far, and all of them have been trendsetters and commercially successful. I believe that once you start taking art in commercial terms, it ceases to be art.
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Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.
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We need to address our Nation's mounting garbage problem by generating less garbage, particularly paper waste.
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Even as I think of myself as a 'rememberer,' I also know my memory is probably doing all this work to reconstruct a narrative where I come off better.
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The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person.
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Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
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There's sacrifice involved. Either you're going to work a lot and not get to spend time with your kid, or you're going to spend a ton of time with your kid, and you're sacrificing your career.
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In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.
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In reality, the universe is neutral about our existence. Only dogs care.
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Peace is an awareness of reserves from beyond ourselves, so that our power is not so much in us as through us. Peace is the gift, not of volitional struggle, but of spiritual hospitality.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.
