Constance Baker Motley Quotes

The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath.

Constance Baker Motley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 14, 1921 - September 28, 2005

Topics

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It is in the public interest to know what our governors are up to. If they are up to doing good, then they are only too happy to let us know. When they are up to no good, they want that kept secret.

Jimmy Reid

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The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great.

Meister Eckhart

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On the political side, I was the Democratic nominee for the Governor of Tennessee in 1970 and 1998.

John Jay Hooker

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It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered.

Michael Harrington

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I feel like it's a great opportunity for me to play for the Vikings.

Stefon Diggs

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And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner.

Tom Hanks

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I never thought a role model should be negative.

Michael Jordan

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Craig T. Nelson, who played my grandfather on 'Parenthood,' gave me a lot of advice at the end of the show. I'm really insecure, and I get uncomfortable with things, and he gave me a lot of advice about that.

Miles Heizer

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I'm not looking for 'outer esteem' anymore, what they call 'other esteem.' I'm looking for self-esteem. And people think that self-esteem is built with accomplishments. And, 'Hey, look what I did in my life.'

Lisa Lampanelli

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I have so many peers who say, 'I need to get away from my parents,' because even though they love the business and they love their parents, they feel like they are letting their parents down if they don't work to the bone. As a parent, you should be the safe place.

Dove Cameron

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I was always taught, even as a kid, playing against grown men, you get better.

Draymond Green

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I think that a good movie creates its own world, and that world needn't refer to anything that's real. If it's consistent, if it's entertaining, if it's interesting, it justifies its being there.

Christopher Walken

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