Maya Soetoro-Ng Quotes

Slow down and think about the lessons of the elders.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

Recitation: by Male by Female

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ThinkSlowDownEldersLessons

In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her?

Jessamyn West

SuccessTimeWomanSoulManMy Soul

I had a big part of my life in the theater in Philadelphia. Philadelphia's changed, but I love it.

John Glover

LifeLoveMy LifePhiladelphiaBig

We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government.

Andrew Jackson

DeterminationBeginningGovernment

I don't know what type of music my son will want. By the time he starts listening to music, really, at like, 15, 16, I'll probably have 10 albums out by that time.

Meek Mill

MusicSonTimeListeningKnowWant

Why don't they go back to wood racquets? Then we would see the best tennis to be played.

John McEnroe

BestBackGoWoodWhyTennis

No one can travel your own road for you; you must travel it for yourself. My faith in this stems from my childhood. I grew up in a family with a system of religious beliefs handed down to me.

Amy Tan

FamilyFaithChildhoodTravelRoad

I went home one night and told my dad that an older kid was picking on me. My Dad, a Korean War vet and a Chicago cop for 30 years, told me, 'You better pick up a brick and hit him in the head.' That's when I thought, 'Wow, I'm going to have to start dealing with things in a different way.'

Steve Wilkos

HomeWarMeNightStartBetter

Everyone who turns up on 'X Factor' does it because a door has been closed to them at some time in their lives, and this is the only shot they have got.

Simon Cowell

TimeDoorEveryoneUpBecauseBeen

I've seen such things as you would not believe. I've seen motorbikes driven down hotel corridors - and had a go myself.

Roy Harper

MyselfBelieveHotelYouDownGo

It's when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached.

Mike Huckabee

OpportunityPeopleExpectationsRise

Trump assumed office promising to 'drain the swamp' in Washington, D.C. Instead, the swamp has grown wider and deeper.

Joseph Stiglitz

WashingtonOfficeSwampDrainDeeper

My daughter will find some of the sweetest words to tell you that can make a grown man cry. She still gives me the same inspiration. She still motivates me.

Deontay Wilder

DaughterWordsManMeYouFind

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