Winifred Kirkland Quotes
Every woman must admit, and every man with as much sense as a woman, that it's very hard to make a home for any man if he's always in it.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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I started calling myself the Pied Piper, when I started using the flute sound in my music.
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Every quirky girl doesn't have to be the best-friend character. It's a very limiting and self-fulfilling prophecy. People only write things that will get green-lit, so they write to those stereotypes.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
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Central bankers have had enormous responsibilities thrust on them to compensate, essentially, for the failings of the political system. And my worry is we don't have sufficient tools to do that, but we're not willing to say it.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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I have had an experience which might perhaps be described as being shot down. At the same time, I call shot down only when one falls down. Today I got into trouble but I escaped with a whole skin.
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Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.
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Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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There is plenty of building material and more than enough manpower to make a decent home for every Cuban. But if we continue to wait for the golden calf, a thousand years will have gone by, and the problem will remain the same.
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We were able in the Recovery Act to get a program where we increased our loan guarantees to 90 percent. Because we had that program, a bank wouldn't have to take that much risk.
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I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down.
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It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United States goes and takes action there on behalf of the Iraqi government. You've got Iran coming in and saying we're going to stand with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, so now we're aligning ourselves with Iran, and if we do air strikes, becoming de facto air force for them.
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I always focus on team building - both in office and at home.
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The facts fairly and honestly presented; truth will take care of itself.
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Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power or influence.
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I like to start out each day from the beginning. I'm always learning things.
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Every woman must admit, and every man with as much sense as a woman, that it's very hard to make a home for any man if he's always in it.
