Mahalia Jackson Quotes
Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
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You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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I had set a goal of being a producer by 25.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.
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Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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I have a friend who is around my age, a little younger, and she's gay and came out to her own community when she was younger but not to her family and to the community at large.
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I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
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My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.
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New scientific ideas never spring from a communal body, however organized, but rather from the head of an individually inspired researcher who struggles with his problems in lonely thought and unites all his thought on one single point which is his whole world for the moment.
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But, drawn to her at that moment, he felt a quiet like the voice of the rain flow over him. He knew well enough that for her it was in fact no waste of effort, but somehow the final determination that it was had the effect of distilling and purifying the woman's existence.
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I grew up in a small town in Sudan. There weren't many cars, so we did things in the countryside near where we lived.
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In these difficult times, the feeling of solidarity with my Jewish co-religionists is doubly gratifying and comforting in view of the deprivation of rights with which German Jews are now forced to live.
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The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.
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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
