Corrine Brown Quotes

The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War almost two years later.

Corrine Brown

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People are both more willing and less willing to talk to you when you're a writer.

Jesse Kellerman

PeopleYouTalkMoreWillingWriter

On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, they'd let me know right away.

John Ratzenberger

HomeMeBackKnowRightHead

Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially so in that it proves that a man and woman can conspire to force God to create a new soul.

Robert Anton Wilson

GodWomanSoulManCreateNew

I'm a raucous Puerto Rican!

Rita Moreno

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The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.

Mike Gordon

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To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.

Confucius

MediocrityTalentsMayAboveWhose

When I do a picture and it's 90% black, like 'Bird,' I use 90% black people.

Clint Eastwood

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And that's where I'm finally at today - my life is about being with my family. This is what's important.

Aron Ralston

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It's difficult to admit to ourselves that we suffer. We feel humiliated, like we should have been able to control our pain. If someone else is suffering, we like to tuck them away, out of sight. It's a cruel, cruel conditioning. There is no controlling the unfolding of life.

Sharon Salzberg

LifePainSufferingControlSomeone

I've been a lifelong horror fan, but at the same time, I would say 90 percent of my reading is biographies and nonfiction history.

Seth Grahame-Smith

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The potential of renewable energy is immense.

Tulsi Tanti

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Nothing comes before my children. I find that putting everything else in order of importance also helps to get everything done.

Kourtney Kardashian

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