Marie Stopes Quotes
If the world is not safe for babies you are never going to get a democracy worth having.
Quotes to Explore
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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Gandhi's ideas were rooted in a wide experience of a freshly globalized world.
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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I think it's probably a good lesson for other people to follow - to not always make the decision that's popular for others, but to do what you feel like is the right thing to do.
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Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.
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I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he have preferred that I change my name? Probably. But that's OK!
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Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when you have some time off. You struggle with yourself to take a vacation.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They're dancer feet. They're pretty. My toes are proportioned nicely. And they're strong - I can pinch people with my toes.
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During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service.
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When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it.
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Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.
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I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.
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People aren't interested in others controlling what they can do or read or see in the privacy of their own homes.
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I don’t fear death. I remember my last meeting with my father when he told me, 'You know, tonight when I will be killed, my mother and my father will be waiting for me.' It makes me weepy … but I don’t think it can happen unless God wants it to happen because so many people have tried to kill me.
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Some of my best friends here in New York have pasts I have a hard time reconciling with the people I'm close to now. But I wouldn't change them - or their pasts - for anything in the world. Their experiences are what made them the people they are today.
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Angels are like diamonds. They can't be made, you have to find them. Each one is unique.
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I am Toronto. Outside of where I'm from, I represent this city harder than anybody.
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People asked me to change my name for [808s]...I think the fact that I can't sing that well is what makes "808s" so special.
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If the world is not safe for babies you are never going to get a democracy worth having.
