Amy Carter Quotes
Every time a person sacrifices himself for a larger injustice, it aids in the cycle of change.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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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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It is not fair to think that when students transit through a K-12 system that is not preparing them for beyond, that somehow we are going to wave a magic wand and things are going to be perfect for them at the higher-ed level.
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The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.
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I don't think if you asked any of my childhood friends they would say that I had a weird childhood; they might say there weren't a lot of regular rules, the conversations in the house were always very open, dreams were a great thing to talk about, everybody was making something all the time.
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I would get so into playing as a kid that I'd lose track of time.
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Every time a person sacrifices himself for a larger injustice, it aids in the cycle of change.
