Barbara Jordan Quotes
We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.
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There are a lot of bad people out there.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.
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I had to have shoulder reconstruction.
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I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.
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Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do.
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For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don't know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.
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When you're 16, the top of the world is directing a gangster movie.
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You don't need to raise taxes on rich people, because they create capitalization and investment. But you need to tax speculation - meaning capital gains.
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I couldn't be more proud to introduce Anne-Marie Duff, a phenomenal actress who is bursting on the world stage, to Broadway audiences as Lady Macbeth.
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I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God. You know, going to the mosque, the ritual and the tradition, it's just not in me to do. So I don't do it.
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People think that I can just walk into a room and get a job, but of the 200 interviews and auditions I go through a year, I may get three yeses. I just have to use my sense of humour to get me through.
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Cliff Stearns talks about what he did to Planned Parenthood, making Solyndra a household name - why didn't he do this sooner? Why didn't he see it coming? It's the oversight committee, not the hindsight committee.
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It's part of me, Scotland. I'm still immersed in it even though I am not there.
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I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody.
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I don't think time is involved in how the thing is made.
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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I would feel like my life was a success if my children grow into well-adjusted, happy, functioning members of society. Capable and happy and normal.
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We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.
