Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
The outside world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren't worth anything. But our parents said it wasn't so, and our churches and our schoolteachers said it wasn't so. They believed in us, and we, therefore, believed in ourselves.
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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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With 'Dance Moms' in L.A., we film on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. When we film in Pittsburgh, we film the same days, but we still dance in our studio when we're not filming, so I'm dancing every day except Sunday.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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The only morality I'm interested in is the morality between your ears, between each player's ears, because that's the interesting thing to me.
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Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.
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More recently, as faith gave way to materialism, anti-Semitism assumed a secular mode, harnessing itself to the dominant ideologies of both the Left and the Right.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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I want to show people there's not just one way of being Muslim.
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If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
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I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.
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This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.
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I'm a flamboyant type of guy, a cooler version of Liberace.
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I think people should give in to what they feel like doing at the time and be a raw animal.
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I was never a dancer before 'Shake It Up'.
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Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.
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All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile.
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I've always earned my own money and enjoy being independent. It's how I was brought up.
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The outside world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren't worth anything. But our parents said it wasn't so, and our churches and our schoolteachers said it wasn't so. They believed in us, and we, therefore, believed in ourselves.
