Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who will keep seeding and building transforming movements.
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I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
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I just tend to do things to myself that I don't realize I'm doing. Sometimes I bite my lip so that it splits and hurts, and yet I can't stop. And sometimes I'd play shows on the last run, I'd scratch my neck while I was singing, and I'd horrified to see these red streaks of blood after.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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The Obama administration has been weak and inconsistent in enforcing immigration laws.
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In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it's completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I'm quite shy and reserved. In real life, I'm a dork.
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I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths.
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I always felt like Tahliah's a very grown-up name to have. It's a pretty name when you're young, and then I think when I became a young lady, it felt kind of like a lot to grow into for some reason. I don't know. It sounds kind of regal. I never really liked it. I always felt like I couldn't live up to it.
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If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write.
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The food system is not a free market. In this country, we impose reasonably high standards of animal welfare - but we haven't applied the same standards to food we import, so all we're really doing is exporting cruelty from Britain elsewhere, and at the same time undermining our farmers.
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We need to decouple the movement for comprehensive immigration reform and justice for immigrants from the legislative process and from the Democratic Party process. They are too linked.
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I know that a man's version of a tough woman is very different from a woman's version.
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The world is full of nice people. If you cant find one, be one.
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We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who will keep seeding and building transforming movements.
