Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
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God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
Ted Williams
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
Barton Gellman
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
Abraham Lincoln
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
Yitzhak Rabin
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We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.
Larry Page
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
Mads Mikkelsen
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
Adam Beach
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I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history.
Pat Robertson
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Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.
Cameron Diaz
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Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
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Many of my constituents are in their 80s, 90s, even 100, and our focus is ensuring that their needs can be provided for.
Ted Deutch
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The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
E. W. Howe
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One of these suburbs is actually named Stalingrad, which goes to show that the French have learned nothing about politics since they guillotined all the smart people in 1793.
P. J. O'Rourke
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It's not very hard to be clever. It's far harder to be simple, obvious, and meaningful.
Jake Barton
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When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.
Eric Heiden
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These days, the selfie and its main outlet, Instagram, generally come in for much adult loathing. But consider this: The selfie is a tiny pulse of girl pride—a shout-out to the self. … The selfie suggests something in picture form—I think I look [beautiful] [happy] [funny] [sexy]. Do you?—that a girl could never get away with saying. It puts the gaze of the camera squarely in a girl’s hands, and along with it, the power to influence the photo’s interpretation.
Rachel Simmons
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PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain - as they do - then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect.
Ingrid Newkirk
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If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.
Marian Wright Edelman
