Carolyn Custis James Quotes
In 1855, a former American slave remarked: "Tisn't he who has stood and looked on, that can tell you what slavery is - tis he who has endured."I think the same holds true for women's rights. The incredulity in the question, "What rights don't women have presently that they are marching about?" reflects a troubling disconnect that comes from power and privilege.
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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Cable has come along; many all-news 24 hour cable outlets in the United States. They have cut deeply into the traditional networks' viewing audience.
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I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way.
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I am surrounded by great people.
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If you think about it, a lot of great horror films have bad sequels just because the market demands you to make the other one right away. Thank God no one in the 'Evil Dead' family thinks that way.
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I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.
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Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.
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A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
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I love being a mother. I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I personally feel that it's had a very positive effect on my work. I think it's an encouraging force for creativity, it feeds creativity - it did for me, certainly.
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It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.
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I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.
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They can hop on a line and really dice it up out there.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in.
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I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music.
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Review your work. You will find, if you are honest, that 90% of the trouble is traceable to loafing.
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Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'
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I don't know what makes a guy want to write songs and sing, but if you've got a message, you want to get it across. When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.
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I've been thinking about a cookbook. I've been making notes and promising myself I'll do it some day. I have an idea for a cookbook and music together.
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[We should beware] that our democracy stays healthy. And making sure that we maintain that sense of solidarity.
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The foulest damage to our political life comes not from the 'secrets' which they hide from us, but from the little bits of half-truth and disinformation which they do tell us. These are already pre-digested, and then are sicked up as little gobbits of authorised spew. The columns of defense correspondents in the establishment sheets serve as the spittoons.
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Once I opened up a fortune cookie and inside was the guy's cheque next to me I said hey buddy I got your cheque he said thanks.
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In 1855, a former American slave remarked: "Tisn't he who has stood and looked on, that can tell you what slavery is - tis he who has endured."I think the same holds true for women's rights. The incredulity in the question, "What rights don't women have presently that they are marching about?" reflects a troubling disconnect that comes from power and privilege.
