Nora Raleigh Baskin Quotes
Courage is contagious: When one person of courage stands up, others are affected and stand up with him.
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I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
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Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.
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Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.
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D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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I think I can get away, sometimes, with walking in the streets and not getting noticed. I like that. I want my work to get noticed, not me. And it's slowly getting there, which is good.
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I've been in some bad TV shows and suffered through so much poor writing.
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Through the wholesale destruction of the representatives of a class that from the beginning of history had been the directing and creative force in civilization, a process began which was almost mechanical.
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Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.
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I am just reflecting the times. I can't ignore them.
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The coffee shop is a great New York institution, but it has terrible coffee. And the more traditional coffee shops are trying to catch up with more sophisticated coffee drinkers.
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I've always looked old for my age.
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My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.
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There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
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My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers.
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I don't go into any album with pressing issues. I just try to write songs.
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It's just what I am. When I am in the zone making one movie, I just didn't want to read anything else or do anything else, so I don't really develop projects.
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I do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and they lead. The Lincolns of the world, the Alexander the Greats, they do exist. They have existed.
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Many folk like to know beforehand what is to be set on the table; but those who have laboured to prepare the feast like to keep their secret; for wonder makes the words of praise louder.
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I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers.
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I grew up in a very westernised environment and went to a private American school. But my personality was shy and quiet, and I wanted to wear the hijab but didn't have the courage, as I knew my friends would talk me out of it.
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Courage is contagious: When one person of courage stands up, others are affected and stand up with him.
