Agnes Smedley Quotes
My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
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Mr. Trump, like too much of the church, offers little more than an excuse to project complex problems onto simple villains. Yet the white working class needs neither more finger-pointing nor more fiery sermons.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.
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Linda Thorson was a great actress with a great body, but she arrived just as 'The Avengers' was losing its appeal.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and yes, he still has a spirit, and he still has his ideas, but he is a disciplined soldier, and in the end, he will follow the rider's instruction to do what needs to be done.
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When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.
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I'm going to do some consulting for nonprofits and arts agencies. These are areas I'm interested in that didn't come directly out of Harvard, but certainly I started looking at things in a different manner.
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Every year is beautiful, and I try to appreciate each moment in my career, but 30 was definitely one of my best.
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It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions have to be made about how you balance out the time and attention between them.
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I'm still traumatized that I'm going to be on a big screen in a white bikini and naked so who knows!
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Singing is my entire life. I nearly lost that. I am so blessed to be able to do this. It's the only thing I've ever wanted to do.
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When I'm at work, I'm remembering what I forgot to do for the kids, and when I'm with the kids, I'm remembering what I forgot to do at work.
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When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
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We shared our father with the world.
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Mostly, I spend my time being a mother to my two children, working in my organic garden, raising masses of sweet peas, being passionately involved in conservation, recycling and solar energy.
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When I'm content with nothing is when I'm content with everything.
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My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners.
