A. Philip Randolph Quotes
Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.
Quotes to Explore
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We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'
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Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated expectations beyond reality in some respects.
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We all, as engineers, doctors, have a big responsibility to bring smiles on the faces of suffering humanity.
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Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
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I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
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Fortunately, the music from the first record really connected with people, and I was really proud of that.
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I've never worked in advertising - my experience was as an editorial designer for magazines - but you could say, in the bigger picture, that magazines are vehicles for colour advertising.
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I am hunting for people who would be a good colleague or a teammate, not someone who works for me.
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No one needs to be reminded of racism in soccer: the xenophobia, the nativism and, yes, nationalism.
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It's remarkable that the failures of the Obama, Clinton, Kerry foreign policy are not only uniting the Left and Right in Israel but might even be creating some common ground between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
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I'm a benefit to the city. I'm not a detriment.
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If you have drive and energy, everything is possible.
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When I give notes on a script, I say, 'Guys, I may drift, but it's part of the process.' So I'm aware that I'm drifting, but I'm grabbing a lot of stuff.
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I think a lot of people are curious about what makes people do what they do, and I guess my curiosity isn't hidden in any way.
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I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
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When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.
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You should always feel confident in everything you wear, no matter what trend you fit or don't fit into.
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It's not hard to be a woman in comedy as long as you're also a writer. You have to create your opportunity.
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The onlooker had better wipe the sympathy off his face. What he has seen is a revolution, not the home of little cogs and drones. What he has seen is the dormitory of the next managerial class.
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I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.
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I really enjoy what I'm doing. I think you have to have a good time and not look too far back or too far ahead.
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Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.
