Barbara Jordan Quotes
It was immigration that taught us, it does not matter where you came from, or who your parents were. What counts is who you are.
Barbara Jordan
Quotes to Explore
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When you write songs for your best friends and maybe two other people to hear, and then realize that a million other people are going to hear them, it can be a bit worrying. You get concerned about what you might reveal.
Oliver Sim
The xx
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I was a complete brat but was an angel with my mother. I used to be perfectly behaved, and my mother used to be like... 'Really, are you badly behaved with other people?' I was like, 'No, not at all.' But the minute she used to leave the room, I was a brat.
Kajol
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I was a bit overweight as a teenager, which may be why I'm more comfortable playing with clothes than showing my body.
Orla Brady
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My Smiths, my Carters, the Cashes - everybody embraced me and held my arms up when I couldn't do it myself.
Carlene Carter
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
Wadada Leo Smith
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My parents divorced when I was eight; I never really knew my dad, and my mom raised my older sister and brother and me alone. It was challenging.
Chrissy Metz
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It was like a cliche for the parents in my hometown to let their kids watch 'Friends.' I had no interest at first, because I could not understand a word.
Kim Nam-joon
BTS
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This China trade deal is basically like the Bobby Knight of trade deals. You know, you abuse, you abuse, you abuse, and then they say 'Well, OK, we'll let you try one more time.'
David Bonior
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There is a cost that comes with moving schools so often and it's not what I want for my son when he gets older, but it did make me very adaptable. I became aware of what was missing from the social structure of each class that I arrived in, and made sure to fill that gap.
Jennifer Ehle
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This is a full-contact sport. It's the objective to disable your opponent, even if sparring or a real fight. You've got to use your technique.
Alistair Overeem
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It was immigration that taught us, it does not matter where you came from, or who your parents were. What counts is who you are.
Barbara Jordan
