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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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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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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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.
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Never define your success by somebody else's success. I never looked at another man's grass to tell how green mine should be.
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Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago.
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I am a huge Mel Brooks fan. And I do think that not seeing his canon of classics is a bit criminal or clueless.
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Beginnings play their prized part in every finished human accomplishment, for beginnings mean the birth of added progress.
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This is my job and I respect it enough to concentrate on it.
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Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.
