Retta (Marietta Sangai Sirleaf) Quotes
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts.
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Horses and horsepower alike are about status and being cool.
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Sometimes I feel like there are just too many things weighing on my mind at once, and I can't control my thoughts or even my body at times.
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I sold steaks over the phone in Omaha, Nebraska. Marbling, fantastic. That's what makes a great steak; a lot of people don't know.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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I no longer have the energy to get really angry, like I used to.
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Dan Henderson, even when you're close and he hits you from very, very close, you can feel how heavy his hands are. His hands are pretty powerful.
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Honestly, I'm not a massive fan of courtroom dramas.
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We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy.
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Why did I become a writer? Because I grew up in New York City, and there were seven newspapers in New York City, and my family was an inveterate reader of newspapers and I loved holding a paper in my hand. It was something sacred.
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There's a truth about public service that is often unspoken and rarely understood - that the role of our elected officials is about much more than balancing budgets and ensuring the delivery of essential services.
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Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.
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More people thought I was strange because I was a teenage novelist, not because I was from Oklahoma. That's where I got the looks like I was from the zoo.
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We tend to be more environmental at home than at work, regardless of the industry we're in.
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Throughout U.S. history, competent public investments have been an essential complement to private investments - from the Louisiana Purchase, to land-grant colleges, to the Interstate Highway System, to the Internet.
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A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.
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What can I tell you about things like Circus of Horrors except that I get killed by the bear?
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Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.
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If this acting thing doesn't work out, maybe I could be a blogger.
