Harriet Tubman Quotes
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Inflicting emotional distress has typically been treated as a civil action. How 'substantial' does the distress have to be for it to turn criminal?
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As a person, I'm polite - I want to please.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.
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I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
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For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.
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Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
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I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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I like things simple.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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One of the great things about Sydney is that it has a great acceptance of everyone and everything. It's an incredibly tolerant city, a city with a huge multicultural basis.
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When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love's conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.
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I was never the mascot of the Georgia football team.
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I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an independent judiciary, and fighting corruption, those are principles that, you know, not perfectly but generally, we have tried to apply not just in our own country but also with respect to our foreign policy.
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I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always stayed away from that.
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I like to take writing retreats within a day's drive of home. Less travel time means more time for writing, which is the name of the game here.
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My grandma passed away from cancer, and actually, when I was 18, I had an experience with melanoma – it's in the family. I had that experience where everything comes into perspective. It's the weirdest thing, 'cause you're like, 'It will never happen to me,' and when it does, it's like, 'OK, wow.'
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Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through.
