Harold Washington Quotes
Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
Quotes to Explore
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My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.
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I never wrote my books especially for children.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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Past success is no guarantee of future success, so I have learned to be an entrepreneur. I began to produce and direct my own projects.
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History speaks pretty clearly that the markets do better with Democrats. Republicans' ideas of what constitutes fiscal responsibility simply are not good for the stock market. Democrats have many tendencies, but one of them is to look after the workers, and actually that tends to be good for demand and good for markets.
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In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the key character, the muse, leads us.
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I am kind of the guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town.
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You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history is supposed to know.
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China and India are feeding their people for the first time in human history due to free markets, and the Left knows that, and it gets them nervous.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
