Richard Trumka Quotes
We can support President Barack Obama, because he supports us. We can support Barack Obama, because he shares our values and our vision.
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I'm from the South, and there's a different understanding of how to chop. There's a syllable play. It's a delicate art. Your accent has a lot to do with it. If you're from a certain area, words don't roll of your tongue as slick.
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I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.
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When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.
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So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the lawsuit.
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It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
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I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they take me on a wild and wonderful trip.
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Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
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For most inhabitants of the Arab world, the prevailing cultural attitude toward women - fed and encouraged by Wahhabi doctrine, which is based on Bedouin social norms rather than Islamic jurisprudence - often trumps the rights accorded to women by Islam.
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So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
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We found the appetite for 'Frontline' has only grown as the digital landscape has exploded. The appetite for the reporting we do on our digital platforms to the short films we're doing for our Facebook and YouTube channels. And we're still producing these remarkable long-form films.
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I noticed in America that if you write a book of any kind, you're made to be the representative of all the issues that might surround it.
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I personally believe technology can transform the functioning of the judicial system.
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I just took everything so seriously in my early twenties. But now I'm like, 'life can be fun.' You don't have to overthink everything. I've found a way to be more at peace with things. I'm looking forward to turning 30.
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I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying how you really feel.
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Breast implants gross me out. I don't think they're attractive at all.
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It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up.
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The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
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When I was five years old, my parents gave me a drum set for Christmas. My mom played the piano, and Dad played the saxophone badly. But that Christmas morning, I remember we all played together, and I thought it was the greatest day ever.
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You're constantly working and missing meals. You're away from your family, and you're doing it for, like, eight months.
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There is always a struggle, a striving for something bigger than yourself in all forms of art. And even if you don't achieve greatness, even if you fail, which we all must, everything you do in your work is somehow connected with your attitude toward life, your deepest secret feelings.
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I'm really grateful to my fans - to all the people who support me.
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We can support President Barack Obama, because he supports us. We can support Barack Obama, because he shares our values and our vision.
