Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
The core of the culture is racism and how black men are viewed. They've always been demonized and seen as threats in our culture. Another holdover from slavery. We've got to deal with that core root of racism and demonization of the upbringing of black men. Black women are not exempt by any means.
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Amazon is holding its own because the service it provides - offering millions of books and other items quickly and easily from home at any hour of the day or night - is a real one, and one that was impossible before there was an Internet.
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In one week, I went from being a girl who owed a guy thousands of dollars - my manager Anthony was paying for my outfits, paying for my food; I was sleeping in his parents' basement - to taking meetings with every major label in America. The next morning, I had a record deal and wrote him a cheque to pay back all that money.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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In boxing you never know who you're going to face in ring.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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Reality TV is easier to digest if it comes in small amounts.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
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One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out.'
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I hated school so bad. I only liked art class during high school. I was always smart.
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Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.
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With 'posts' running in the millions, Internet message boards have become an essential part of the savvy investor's arsenal.
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The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right amount of time and attention in the problem so you solve it.
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We had this party in New York, and there were a lot of gay men there dressed up as the characters. I showed up just looking like myself, but it was a real case of shame. They looked so fantastic. We could never quite live up to it.
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Without a doubt there are women who would vote intelligently. There are also men who knit socks beautifully.
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Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
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The nearer a conception comes towards finality, the nearer does the dynamic relation, out of which this concept has arisen, draw to a close. To know is to lose.
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The core of the culture is racism and how black men are viewed. They've always been demonized and seen as threats in our culture. Another holdover from slavery. We've got to deal with that core root of racism and demonization of the upbringing of black men. Black women are not exempt by any means.
