Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.
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If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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I feel quite excited about the possibility of working on multiple albums. There's something really iconic about having a catalog featuring a lot of albums, and I'd love to have that legacy.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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My mom taught me from a young age to give back and volunteer any chance you get. It was something that I knew, if I made the NFL, I would financially have the ability to do.
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I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
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I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.
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I live with my mum and my nan. I think I will leave eventually, but not at the moment when they look after me so well. If you came to my house, they'd make you eat something.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks!
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Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.
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There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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I work out at home. I don't have a gym, but I use light weights. I do calisthenics, which is basically using your own body weight, like you do in yoga, to strengthen your core. I also do a bit of cardio.
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From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice.
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When I say “when you’re always almost lonely, you forget to take it slowly,” I mean that you don’t always take care of yourself.
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Exercise is one of the best ways in preventing the rapid growth of obesity in America.
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Enterprises of the highest importance to our moral and material well-being unite us and offer ample employment of our best powers. Let all our people, leaving behind them the battlefields of dead issues, move forward and in their strength of liberty and the restored Union win the grander victories of peace.
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My work is a game, a very serious game.
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Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.
