Joyce Banda Quotes

I got married at 22 and remained in an abusive marriage for 10 years. I made up my mind that that was never going to happen to me again. I made a brave step to walk out in a society when you didn't walk out of an abusive marriage. It was mental and physical abuse.

Joyce Banda

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: April 12, 1950

Topics

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I really hate racism because I saw people denied possibilities.

Joe R. Lansdale

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I feel like it's my job to carry the torch.

Joan Jett

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My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.

Maya Angelou

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As an actor, I know it is my job to shape myself for a role - any role.

Amy Jackson

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I have been personally victimized by organized disruption of a public lecture on a university campus - at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Michigan State University, and Rhode Island's Providence College, to name only a few.

Tom Tancredo

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In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom.

Roberto Cavalli

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I have lots of heroes and heroines, mostly unsung and including my husband.

Mary Beard

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I think that certain things are funny and certain things are okay to make fun of - including myself.

Mila Kunis

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It's hard to kind of marry your personal life with the theater. It always works so well for my life, and then I had kids, and the thought of missing putting them to bed is a tough one for me. You know, I'm there a lot for them.

Miriam Shor

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I live in Vermont, and we don't have a tax incentive there, and therefore, we don't have professional crew there.

Colin Trevorrow

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Huntington Beach is like ground zero for surfers.

Peter Heller

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When I was nominated for a Grammy, my label dropped me - I have a wariness about trying for a hit.

Tift Merritt

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