Mary Harris Jones Quotes

Sometimes it seemed to me I could not look at those silent little figures; that I must go north, to the grim coal fields, to the Rocky Mountain camps, where the labor fight is at least fought by grown men.

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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I was broke when I lived in New York City during college, so I'd spend weekends walking around town, grabbing something to eat, and interacting with strangers. That ritual has stuck with me.

Jenji Kohan

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I find that the best way to do things is to constantly move forward and to never doubt anything and keep moving forward, if you make a mistake say you made a mistake.

John Frusciante

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If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless.

Robert H. Schuller

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I've been a fan of Jack Vance since before I was in high school.

Ann Leckie

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There are 300 neutrinos in every cubic centimeter of the entire universe.

Stanley Wojcicki

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The brain is not a bag of traits. It's startlingly complex. There are few or no single genes with a consistent effect on the mind.

Steven Pinker

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Northern Wisconsin, where I'm from, is so ridiculously rural.

Trixie Mattel

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Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful.

Roger Mudd

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I think music needs to be presented in a way so that kids can grasp songs, dances, simple music that's associated with some particular defining moment in human experience.

Michael Tilson Thomas

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When you read about the real history of where feminism comes from, it came from a very political point of view. I don't believe in bringing any politics to an idea like feminism. I love the idea that women should be celebrated, but I also believe men should be, too. We need both - yin and yang.

Michelle Phan

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In 1995, I was 27, and I completely got caught up in Blur and Oasis and the fashion of the time.

Lisa Jewell

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What kind of grandmother am I? I'm a 'three-dessert' grandmother. I'm a 'let's just skip the bath tonight, honey, watch another video' grandmother.

Judith Viorst

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