Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.
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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
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I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man.
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I got no hate in me.
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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This is one hell of a business I picked to be in.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
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There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
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I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
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I'm a fast writer.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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Try paying the bills with love. The idea I am trying to espouse is that you can have both love and money, and be rich and generous.
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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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I think difficult characters are very rewarding to do. They often have facets to them and this and that.
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The silken rush of woodland waters and the scoured shapes of the desert - these and countless other treasures we owe to those farsighted enough to have preserved the public lands that make up our inheritance.
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I'm an old-fashioned girl.
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I just went to your typical public schools, and my dad would take us to the movies every week, or he'd buy scalped tickets to San Antonio Spurs games. I remember I was four or five years old and my parents, who were very young, took us to see The Police in Austin, and Iggy Pop opened.
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Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby - nothing more.
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If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.
