Anna Garlin Spencer Quotes

The essence of democracy is its assurance that every human being should so respect himself and should be so respected in his own personality that he should have opportunity equal to that of every other human being to show what he was meant to become.

Anna Garlin Spencer

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Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.

John Berger

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I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.

Maya Rudolph

MotherChildMeQuietWouldLoud

With girls, there's an insecurity that starts early on. It hangs around them, like some annoying kid from down the block who won't take the hint and go home when dinnertime comes. And moms are usually not great at giving their daughters confidence.

Steve Schirripa

ConfidenceHomeGreatInsecurityGo

In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.

Tony Snow

WordsStock MarketSecurityMarket

Stand at the base and look up at 3,000 feet of blankness. It just looks like there's no way you can climb it. That's what you seek as a climber. You want to find something that looks absurd and figure out how to do it.

Tommy Caldwell

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So many people romanticize writing. And I get it. But I never once wanted to be a writer.

Rory Freedman

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You can make real food in 20, 30 minutes, but we've convinced ourselves that it is a rocket science. It's a shame. It's the media and the food industry: they've fed our panic around time.

Michael Pollan

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'The Night of the Living Dead' zombies, I think I might have a shot at surviving. If they're the fast ones, I may have well just give up.

Michael Spradlin

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I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing.

Julia Glass

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I like to refer to myself as king sometimes, not as queen. That's a conscious decision, because I feel like women are just equally as powerful.

Little Simz

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All I know is movies; I went to school, but movies are my reference point for everything. I figured I'd have to P.A. or intern in the art department. Because the filmmaking process is so many people creating to make one piece of magic, so I've always wanted to be involved. With the acting, I doubted it.

Jordan Ladd

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So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.

David Strathairn

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