John Lewis Quotes

Without our faith, we wouldn't have been able to succeed. On many occasions, before we'd go out on a sit-in, before we went on the freedom ride, before we marched from Selma to Montgomery, we would sing a song or say a prayer. Without our faith, without the spirit and spiritual bearings and underpinning, we would not have been so successful.

John Lewis

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The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion.

John H. Reagan

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England was a delightful and stimulating place for a young academic, although by present standards, the laboratory facilities were primitive. There were almost no research grants and no secretarial assistance, even for Sherrington.

John Eccles

ResearchPresentPlaceYoungAlmost

My parents were strict but loving.

Ann Dowd

ParentsLovingStrictWere

You learn that you either are going to have a police state where you don't have any freedom left, or you're going to build a world that doesn't create terrorists - and that means a whole different way of 'getting along.'

John Shelby Spong

FreedomPoliceWorldLearnYouWay

I'm suggesting that, ironically, the secret to becoming a world 'hyperpower' is tolerance. If you look at history, you see great powers being very tolerant in their rise to global dominance.

Amy Chua

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I think all artists have a different story to tell, and no story is the same.

Solange Knowles

StoryThinkSameTellArtists

If you're chained to a computer all day, you're not using up much energy, even if you drag yourself to the gym a couple of days a week. And to make matters worse for me, I've had a secondary career right along with my romance writing - cookbook author, under my real name, Ruth Glick.

Ruth Glick

DayYourselfMeWritingEnergyName

I wanted to marry somebody who wasn't someone I had to be in any particular mood to want to be around - with close friends, you can be with them no matter what mood you're in.

Jason Bateman

FriendsSomeoneYouWantMoodWho

I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in pretty good shape. We could go for a long time in one take. You had to be in good shape with Gene Kelly.

Donald O'Connor

GoodTimeDayLongYouEvery Day

I've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes.

Christopher Nolan

StoryKnowNeverArchetypesRead

You don't do new things and try to change the system without generating debate.

Anne Wojcicki

ChangeNew ThingsYouDebateNew

I deeply believe that marriage is by nature between a man and a woman, but that conviction does not prevent me from recognising that other forms of affective relationships exist.

Sebastian Pinera

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