John Conyers Quotes

My friends in the Congress, I have known Coretta King since I went south during the civil rights movement as a lawyer. She was a vibrant, consistent, totally dedicated partner with her husband.

John Conyers

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It was quite jarring to go from newspapers to magazines, and the reason I did it was because I had my second son, and with my second child, I just thought, 'I can't travel at will,' which you really need to be able to do. And so I had a sort of slow realization that I could no longer do the job that I loved.

Joanna Coles

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You know, I have a really tough time finding new bands.

Joan Jett

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I was too Jewish for 'Flashdance.'

Jennifer Grey

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Here's my advice to my brown friends: The next time you're on an airplane in the U.S., just speak your mother tongue. That way, no one knows what you're saying. Life goes on.

Maz Jobrani

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Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die.

Robert Southey

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I know what I write about seems exotic to a lot of people, but not for me. I pulled up to an old trading post and saw a few elderly Navajos sitting on a bench. I felt right at home.

Tony Hillerman

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I've always had a belief in myself and an ability to always do what I believe.

Robbie Lawler

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It is difficult to see why lace should be so expensive; it is mostly holes.

Mary Wilson Little

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Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.

Mason Cooley

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I once attended a birthday party where Danny Kaye dropped in to entertain the birthday boy and his guests; I was sometimes taken for lunch on Saturdays by my father to The Brown Derby; and my favorite meal is still the Cobb salad in the Polo Lounge of the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Michael Korda

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When someone is a musician - trying to make a living off being a public figure - it's really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn't have a personal life.

Mitski

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It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

Chief Joseph

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