Barbara Jordan Quotes
Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny.
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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You want maybe to be that guy or one of the few guys who can help develop the game in the United States.
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I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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I think it's fine for girls to ask boys out. I actually prefer it.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
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We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us.
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I don't want to be the type of person to have my relationships plastered in magazines.
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I like to make my name of songs strange.
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The story of 'A Dog's Purpose' flowed into me a set piece. The entire book was just there, as if I were connected to a streaming service, a novel wholly formed of character and plot. This has never happened to me before or since. I prayed for help and I got it. A gift.
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Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.
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The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a greater community of exchange and co-operation.
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I think Americans raise eyebrows when you tell them that IRS agents are training with a type of weapon that has stand-off capability. It's not like they're carrying a sidearm, and they knock on someone's door and say, 'You're evading your taxes.'
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Life isn't supposed to be easy. Generally speaking, the harder something is the more rewarding the results will be.
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Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny.
