Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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This little hobbit saves the world. The wizard kills the dragon and saves the town. So many people connect to that character; it doesn't matter if it's an elf or a hobbit or a dwarf. It doesn't matter. They're human in their heart and soul.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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Beauty products always cheer me up and give me hope. If it makes you feel pretty, why not?
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It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
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The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.
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Pummeling an answer out of someone never works. You cannot intimidate someone with aggressive language and think they'll be more forthcoming... that's a caricature of interrogation, part of the TV culture of what it looks like.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
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Most of us are not real eager to grow, myself included. We try to be happy by staying in the status quo. But if we're not willing to be honest with ourselves about what we feel, we don't evolve.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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Fans will express themselves. We will always have the best security possible, as we always do. And I hope that Cleveland and the fans, you would hope that everybody keeps it to a certain level, because anything you do that crosses the line isn't going to look bad for anybody but the franchise and Cleveland.
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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
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My life is studded with a series of coincidences.
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When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.
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I absolutely hate clothes shopping, though I love clothes. It's my idea of heaven to be handed things to wear.
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When Trump says, 'Make America great again,' he is referencing an era when people were singled out and harmed because of their race and religious beliefs, and when violent enforcement of Jim Crow masqueraded as the will of the people.
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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.
