Stevie Wonder (Stevland Hardaway Morris) Quotes
Contrary to what people are saying, you can't go by what people say, but by their spirit.
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Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.
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Never judge a person if you don't know him.
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I don't know how to say no, and that's a weakness.
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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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Nothing is less suspenseful than a threat that threatens the maker of the threat at least as much as the subject of the threat. Congress hasn't learned this yet, but America has learned it over and over.
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The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.
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The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had visions of liberal politics derived from social networks. They used innovative means to spread awareness and to network among activists.
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This Islam business kidnapped me.
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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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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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.
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People ask if success changes one overnight. I am just doing my job, and I worked way too hard to get here. I didn't get it easy.
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Written and directed by French showman Georges Melies, 'Le Voyage' features one of the most indelible images in cinema history: the wounded Man in the Moon bleeding like a particularly runny Brie, grimacing in pain with a space capsule protruding from his right eye.
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The risk from viruses is an unanswered question - and it won't be answered until you have had organs transplanted into humans over many years.
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My wife and I are raising five children, and it's tough between two people, let alone with one that's working full-time and is stressed out and coming home to a lot of difficulties.
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I had a journalist slap me, and it wasn't anyone that I had ever met before. I was at the airport.
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Only a well-fed, well-housed, well-schooled people can enjoy the blessings of liberty.
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When you grow up as the daughters of George and Laura Bush, you develop a special appreciation for how blessed we are to live in this great country.
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In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.
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Contrary to what people are saying, you can't go by what people say, but by their spirit.
