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Donna Edwards Quotes

I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: June 28, 1958

Topics

Congress Class First Office I Came

After my bar mitzvah, I started to assimilate, to really not pay attention to my roots. The anti-Semitic experiences of my youth had been very painful. You try to put all that in the past and become a person of the world. I think that's the right thing to do. But it's not right to leave out who you really are. That's a tragedy.

Past Youth Roots World Think You

Now I am also friendly with people who are not so nice to me. From what I've learnt, it's nice to be friendly. It's nice to make people feel good about themselves.

Shraddha Kapoor

Good I Am People Me Feel Good Feel

With the success of 'Spiderwick,' it's allowed me to be able to have the freedom to really be able to tell the stories that I really wanted to tell, that I've always wanted to tell.

Tony DiTerlizzi

Success Freedom Me Always Tell Able

A lot of the new people they choose on shows like 'American Idol' and things like that - I don't ever hear lead singers. They always seem to choose to pick people that are great singers, fabulous singers, but they've never got the voice that makes a great lead singer.

Great People Voice American Choose

I was very fortunate to have gone to drama school in London for three years, and that was classical training in the sense that a lot of it was dominated by stage work, so I would love to go back to stage.

Work Love Training School Back Go

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

Wisdom Honesty World Wealth Bread

It is our grave mistake that for many years we neglected pro-Western groups in order to avoid any friction with the existing rulers.

Jose Maria Aznar

Mistake Years Order Avoid Neglected

Mostly I have to try to censor myself so as not to write things that will hurt other people, or that will go too far.

Myself People Hurt Go Will Try

We've all seen the power music has to spread messages of solidarity and hope.

Music Hope Power Solidarity Spread

I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on.

Job Opportunities Driving You Kind

In 1949, China declared independence - an event known in Western discourse as 'the loss of China' in the U.S. - with bitter recriminations and conflict over who was responsible for that loss.

Conflict Independence Loss Over Who

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