Shirley Chisholm Quotes

Mother always said that even when I was 3, I used to get the 6- and 7-year-old kids on the block and punch them and say, 'Listen to me.'

Shirley Chisholm

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 30, 1924 - January 1, 2005

Topics

MotherMeSaidSayListenAlways

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

Jim Rohn

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Comedy can take you a lot further in getting your point across. People are entertained, and then, by being entertained, they get your point.

Maz Jobrani

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I would rather be an aware citizen, and if an opportunity were to arise where I would have to make a statement, I would happily do that.

Amitabh Bachchan

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I wanted to get on with my life when I was 16. I knew I wanted to be an actor. I wanted to get out of Detroit.

Tom Sizemore

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I don't think it's a low point being in the finals of the French Open, three points away from the victory.

Martina Hingis

VictoryThinkThreeOpenPointLow

I delivered my son. There were other people with me, but I was actively involved.

Michael Rady

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I like that talented chefs are able to keep coming up with new ways of preparing food - it really is an art form.

Lisa Hanawalt

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The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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There are two 'Snow White' movies coming out for the same reason that you remember back in the day there was 'Armageddon' and then 'Deep Impact.' You know, 'Andromeda Strain' and then 'Outbreak.' Like, all of those things. It's common because basically studios have no imagination in making the decisions.

Armie Hammer

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Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.

Richard Stallman

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We need to stand over our policies when negotiating a programme for government.

Leo Varadkar

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For novelists, sharply drawn moral conflicts are often useful, and even human and personal disasters can be seen as material.

Justin Cartwright

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