Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list.
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Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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If you are trying to get people to work on a problem together, it's best if they don't know where you, as the supervisor/manager, stand on the question.
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As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.
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A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
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I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
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Having robbed children of any sense that their Father is in Heaven and that they are His creation, we then launched an experiment in raising them without earthly fathers too. Having neither a Father in heaven or a father in the home, many young men make gangs their families.
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We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.
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Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.
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I left home when I was 17 with Joe Williams.
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If you like gold, there are many reasons you should like Bitcoin.
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Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me.
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I get up early, go to bed late, and sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. And I pray a lot.
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There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list.