Mary Harris Jones Quotes

I was born in revolution.

Mary Harris Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 1, 1837 - November 30, 1930

Topics

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People from different backgrounds approach a subject in different ways and ask different questions.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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And then it was like, wait, you can go to college and study theater? And act in plays? This is almost a racket, you know. And then when the opportunity came along to do it professionally, I thought I'd won the lottery.

Tom Hanks

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There's no feeling like performing. It's magical, it's so rewarding, and it just feeds this special little part of your soul.

Mary Helen Bowers

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Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs.

Jonathan Kozol

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I'd never really considered film. If I'd thought about film more growing up, I probably would have changed my name. I had no concept of my name in lights.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

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Acting was just outside of the realm of possibility for me. I grew up in L.A. and around Hollywood but I literally never, honestly, considered it.

Cody Horn

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It was really helpful for me when I moved in with my sister, because she's the type of person that is confident in her body. I look up to her so much.

Ariel Winter

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With transparency in renewables, the prices of renewables are coming down drastically.

Piyush Goyal

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'Doctor Who' belongs to all of us. Everybody makes 'Doctor Who.'

Peter Capaldi

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When I write about my childhood I think, oh my God, how did I ever get from there to here? Not that any great thing has happened to me. But I felt so tiny, so lost.

Paul Theroux

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When I was younger, I used to watch all the black-and-white 'Dracula's and 'Frankenstein's.

Sean Bean

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Doors opened for me because of who I am. But the downside is, there is way way too much expectation from me, much more than there would have been if I were from outside the film industry.

Tiger Shroff

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