Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
Much of what I do now stems from my rage at segregation and discrimination. I can't stand to see children not able to do anything, anybody not able to do what they can do. The daily lessons of exclusion, having hand-me-down books in schools, of seeing ambulances turn away and not give health care for people lying in the streets who are migrant workers. Everything I do today stems from that segregated existence.
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Good comedy is ageless.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
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People shouldn't have to spend a lot of money to get high-quality clothing.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
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I've been in this business a long time, and I'm very clear on what is real and what is fleeting.
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I'm not a babysitter.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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I knew my destiny was to be in the winner's circle. There were times along the way where I didn't make it there. But I felt my destiny was definitely to win big titles, win lots of titles.
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Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we think.
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I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny – I looked like me.
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In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.
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Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.
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For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize that they really mean that they just don't expect to be 65. Or 40. Neither did I, when I was 22.
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My mom told me if I ever got a tattoo, she was going to take it off with a potato peeler.
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Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.
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We just compare our lifestyle to movies so you can relate to them. When I say, 'I bought a carpet from Aladdin so I could finesse and do magic,' that means I had to get me a new whip or I had to get me something in disguise to work my magic, to finesse, to get out of here.
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There is a solidarity that black people can find in celebrating the athletic success of our own, especially in sports where our existence is sparse.
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The fact is that Americans are not a thoughtful people; they are too busy to stop and question their values.
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A genuine transformation that results from sustained concerted effort is long lasting because it has a firm foundation.
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Much of what I do now stems from my rage at segregation and discrimination. I can't stand to see children not able to do anything, anybody not able to do what they can do. The daily lessons of exclusion, having hand-me-down books in schools, of seeing ambulances turn away and not give health care for people lying in the streets who are migrant workers. Everything I do today stems from that segregated existence.
