Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
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I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of looking after my children came upon me I tried to live a quite life, and save as much as I could.
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When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got disillusioned with it and moved closer to something like Buddhist beliefs near the end of her life.
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Anya Hindmarch is indeed a handbag designer; she has the requisite fabulous life, tasteful home, and loving husband. She is also beautiful and self-deprecating, and has five children aged 5 to 20 and a philanthropic bent which spans causes from cancer care to Britain's Conservative Party.
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Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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Because I spent many years during my previous life as an academic researching game theory, some commentators rushed to presume that as Greece's new finance minister, I was busily devising bluffs, stratagems and outside options, struggling to improve upon a weak hand. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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When life catches up with us, we all need space to dream and indulge, so I have created my own special range of bath & beauty loveliness to help you find your happy place.
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Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.
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I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.
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Life develops, changes, is in motion. The forms of literature are not.
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Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots.
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When you have girl children they torture you!
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I feel like my life has been very serendipitous and really kind of humorous. Everything that's happened to me has been like an, 'Omigod, are you kidding me?'
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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Music is everywhere and in everything! I draw my inspiration from the day to day activities of my life!
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Live and allow others to live; hurt no one; life is dear to all living beings.
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As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.
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My life is just a series of mistakes and regrets of varying degrees.
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Your discovery, as best as I can determine, is that there is an alternative which no one has hit upon. It is that one finding oneself in one of life's critical situations need not after all respond in one of the traditional ways. No. One may simply default. Pass. Do as one pleases, shrug, turn on one's heel and leave. Exit. Why after all need one act humanly?
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I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.
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Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.
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Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
