Janine di Giovanni Quotes

I see so many people get so wrapped up in wanting to get a bigger SUV or a bigger house. But then I think, 'My God, I could have been born a woman in the Congo.'

Janine di Giovanni

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GodWomanPeopleThinkHouseBorn

The people who come across the border are hard-working family people. They have great values, and that's all well and good but they are also very, very consistent Democrat voters.

John Fleming

FamilyGoodGreatPeopleBorder

I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.

Johnnie Cochran

AgeLawyerLegalYearsWanted

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.

Stokely Carmichael

FreedomPeopleWhiteNowUnderstand

So I went way too in depth? I thought they wanted the hole by hole.

Trent Dilfer

ThoughtWayDepthHoleWantedToo

I always felt that I was, you know, smart. I just didn't have a lot of the resources that everybody else had... It was tough for me to catch up.

Michael Oher

SmartMeToughYouKnowResources

To be a parent, you must be authoritarian. If the Zambians want to succeed, they must learn to work hard, and they should not expect to be treated with kid gloves.

Michael Sata

WorkWork HardSucceedParentLearn

My mission is to get on the stage and say, 'Listen, I'm a woman, I'm free, I'm a mother, I'm a lover, I'm a friend; I'm shattered by men most of the time, but I'll keep falling in love with them because it's the most thrilling thing in the world; that's what makes me human.'

Lou Doillon

LoveFriendMotherTimeMenWoman

The truth is, my folk-lore friends and my Saturday Reviewer differ with me on the important problem of the origin of folk-tales. They think that a tale probably originated where it was found.

Joseph Jacobs

TruthMeTruth IsThinkProblem

All I know is don't ever get into a feud with Taylor Swift. She has, like, 50 million people that will die for her. You can't step into that arena.

Diplo

StepPeopleDieYouKnowShe

I was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really feel like I am a citizen of the world.

Diane von Furstenberg

SchoolI AmWorldFeelAmericaBorn

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.

Clarence Darrow

WorldStrongOpinionsNeverAnything

I've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.

Brian O'Driscoll

LifeMy LifeProfessionalKnowRugby

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