Shirley Chisholm Quotes

I ran because somebody had to do it first. In this country, everybody is supposed to be able to run for president, but that has never really been true.

Shirley Chisholm

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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CountryRunTrueNeverFirstBeen

In high school I was always thinking, 'Should I be doing more? What else should I be doing?' Now I know it will all come to me. I just have to trust my path, so that's very different.

Jenna Dewan

PathTrustSchoolMeThinkingDoing

I could have probably raised them in L.A. and they would have been great and had so many things at their fingertips and been exposed to so many things. But we travel a lot, so I don't think that moving out of town is sheltering the girls at all. Maybe protecting them a little bit more, trying to prolong their youth.

Jennie Garth

GreatTravelYouthMovingThinkOut

My mentality is always to seek perfection, and you'll find that if you can get somewhere close to it or in the vicinity of that, that's good.

Andrew Whitworth

GoodPerfectionYouFindAlwaysGet

I believe that true art is universal in its appeal.

John McCormack

ArtBelieveTrueI BelieveUniversal

At school, I decided I wanted to be a director and then I went out and spent the rest of my adult life trying to be a director. It was really clear to me. So in that sense I was very lucky.

Stephen Daldry

LifeSchoolMeRestTryingLucky

The most frustrating part of trying to direct everything is not that it alienates you from people who genuinely want to help, but that it's actually impossible.

Simon Van Booy

PeopleImpossibleHelpTryingYou

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Ronald Reagan

PeaceConflictPeacefulAbility

The NBA playoffs have the highest ceiling in all of sports.

Rowan Ricardo Phillips

SportsCeilingPlayoffsNBAHighest

Whatever your fight, don't be ladylike.

Mary Harris Jones

FightWhateverYourLadylike

When I was growing up, I was the most pretentious person I have ever met. I only read obscure books and watched obscure movies and only listened to obscure music.

Moby

MusicGrowing UpPersonGrowingUp

Those who read the Scriptures and judge for themselves, not resting satisfied with the perverted application of the text, do not find the distinction that theology and ecclesiastical authorities have made in the condition of the sexes.

Lucretia Mott

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You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people.

Judith Light

PeopleYouGayKnowTransgender

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