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Jon Meacham Quotes

As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I've always wondered how on earth people of good will could have conceivably lived with Jim Crow - with the daily degradations, the lynchings in plain sight, and, as the movement gathered force, with the fire hoses and the police dogs and the billy clubs.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: editor
Nationality: american
Birth: May 20, 1969

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Good Daily Fire Police People Earth

The only good thing about going to the fights is you can go into the green room and you can see some of your old friends that you haven't seen in a long time.

Good Time Old Friends Green Friends

All of my buddies and I wanted to be Cal Ripken.

Steve Clevenger

Buddies Wanted Cal

I've been offered starring roles in horrible movies, but I just didn't want to do it. I don't see why you would.

You Want Movies Why See Horrible

What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concepts. The world is cynical about IBM's promises.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

Vision World Promises Trying Results

Dad met Mom in 1983 during the lead-up to the 1984 games. She was an Olympic downhill skier. In those days, the winter and summer games were held in different cities but in the same year, so there was more intermingling of winter and summer athletes at social functions.

Winter Mom Year Summer Games She

You're supposed to remember, and still forgive.

Remember You Forgive Still Supposed

In the end, all that time I spent in the 'Star Wars' universe fostered galaxies of creativity and made me a better person here on Earth, because it taught me that everyone counts. That's why I can sincerely and with a straight face say: 'May the Force be with you.'

Time Creativity Me Better Person End

Movie stars are supposed to be healthy. They're kept happy and nutritionally together.

Stars Together Happy Healthy Movie

Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression.

Antonio Tabucchi

People Kind Land First Resources

I had this really intense resolve. I would call universities and community colleges and say, 'I really want to go to college. How do I get to college? What do I do?' And they would say, 'You have to get an application. You have to get letters of recommendation.' It was terrifying. I had no idea what I was doing.

Community College Doing You Go Want

The world is sick.

The noises Russia makes on the world stage are deeply misogynist, homophobic and racist.

World Stage Russia Homophobic Deeply

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