Barbara Jordan Quotes
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.
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When I go a stretch without tweeting, I will occasionally get an email from my mom, checking in. I always find this amusing but also gratifying: Thanks to Twitter, I can keep in touch with my parents and let them in on what I'm doing in a way that even the regular phone calls of a doting daughter can't do.
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I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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I'm a huge Disney nut. I have been since I was a little kid.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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It was only after the Grimms published two editions primarily for adults that they changed their attitude and decided to produce a shorter edition for middle-class families. This led to Wilhelm's editing and censoring many of the tales.
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The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.
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When you get to play with the big boys, your game improves drastically.
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If you narrow the playing field, the next generation has less to put out, to eat and regenerate from.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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Dreamers become writers, and for me, being a published writer is a dream come true.
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Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
