Constance Baker Motley Quotes
When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I owe that to my public.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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Being Premier is a 24/7 job, so it doesn't create many spaces in order to be able to build relationships.
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I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
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Music gave me something that was not only good for me - it gave me something to work on, something to be proud of and something that I really loved and have a love for - but also music was good for other people because you put joy into the world.
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I am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.
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He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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Ironically, I find it harder to get a foothold in Australia than I do in the U.S. When I was in Australia, I struggled. It can be a bit of a closed shop; it can be hard for a newcomer to break in, whereas in the U.S., it has much more of an open-door policy, and they will give anyone a shot.
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
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The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.
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The biographies and autobiographies are on the whole more impressive than the fiction of the last two decades, but the freakish best sellers among them are least likely to withstand the test of time.
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It's so funny, I've done so many projects where I've been interrogated. I guest starred on almost every hour drama, and I'm always the guy they think is the bad guy but then they find out is not.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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But it was hard to leave because the show's been so important in our lives.
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That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends.
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Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports?
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It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism.
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The decision of the Supreme court has fell still born, and they find that it cannot coerce Georgia to yield to its mandate.
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When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad.
