Amy Carter Quotes
Every time a person sacrifices himself for a larger injustice, it aids in the cycle of change.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
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You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
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As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.
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I have a fat head – I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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But because our organization has grown so much and in so many different ways, the delegation process places responsibility and authority on the shoulders of people you can watch grow and watch the way they treat others.
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Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
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I am also hugely excited to then be competing to defend my three Paralympic titles at the Paralympic Games. I believe we will see some amazing times posted and I am very much looking forward to what will be an incredible Olympics and Paralympics in London.
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They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls.
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The more that everyone has access to the same educational opportunities, the more society will tend to accept some receiving disproportionate rewards. After all, they themselves have a chance to be winners.
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My mother was in the kind of late-'60s, early-'70s origins of female emancipation. And she was very much like, 'You're not going to be defined by how you look. It's going to be about who you are and what you do.'
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It's really odd that I've got this kind of sullen reputation - I never saw myself that way.
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There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.
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I just tried to remember how far you can love and how many states you can experience when you're in love, especially the first love when you think you're going to die.
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If I was a bajillionaire, I would spend a lot of time at Barneys just buying all kinds of great things all the time. I would have so many black cashmeres it would be out of control. I like the way nice things feel very much.
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Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.
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It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.
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Every time a person sacrifices himself for a larger injustice, it aids in the cycle of change.
