Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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Hollywood can be a really tough environment for anyone trying to make a living. Unfortunately for actors of color, namely Asian Americans, opportunities have been and remain substantially limited. One place this is not the case is on 'Hawaii Five-0,' where we have three Asian American series regulars and a landscape rich with diversity.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates.
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'Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
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I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.
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In general, I tend to laugh too much. I always try to tell myself not to, but I think that's just part of getting through the job. It's not rocket science. I want to have a good time!
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The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it's a woman who's extremely vain.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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To read too many books is harmful.
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On the PGA Tour, guys finish in the top 10, make a ton of money and think they're great players. In my era, you had to win. We didn't settle for anything else.
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I may be number 1-10 at the box office but that still does not mean that I am irreplaceable.
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You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.
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I don’t have the passion anymore, and so remember, it’s better to burn out than to fade away.
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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
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Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own self-interest; specialization, which he called division of labor; and freedom of trade.
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It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.
