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Constance Baker Motley Quotes

Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.

Constance Baker Motley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life White Risk University Been Who

The first thing I wanted to be was an actor, even before I wanted to be a singer, before I discovered I could sing.

Actor First Singer Sing Even Before

I'm learning a lot how to be good at what I do and also how lucky I am and take it all in and be grateful for all this late in life success I've been having and it's good to have people that have been around and successful for awhile and work with them and see how they behave and it's why they are who they are and why they're still successful.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Life Work Learning Success Good Why

I've heard it said that those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. To that end, I think it's worth noting that the very first police force in America was created as a 'patrol' to keep slave populations under control.

History Police Control Think End

The idea that cancer genes are sitting inside each and every one of our chromosomes, just waiting to be corrupted or inactivated and thereby unleashing cancer, is, of course, one of the seminal ideas of oncology.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Waiting Ideas Sitting Inside Genes

I am inspired by the diversity of the entrepreneurs that come into 'Shark Tank' and the ability of the show to reach all Americans.

Diversity I Am Reach Shark Ability

When you are talking about, 'I will lose my sanity for real,' that's when it's time to move on.

Travis Kalanick

Time Talking You Lose Move On Will

I spent my life playing heroes because I looked like one.

Life My Life Heroes Playing Because

Players come and go, good friends, players who performed well. You can't control that.

Good Control Friends You Come And Go

What matters is that my daughter is surrounded by love. I believe in the right to go down the path that feels best for you.

Love Daughter Path Best Believe You

In the rush of today's world, and with more than half of us now living in cities, the majority of people are less and less connected with the spectacle of nature.

Nature Today People World Living Us

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

Freedom King Old Over Sweetness Had

I'm too busy thinking what I'm going to say next to remember what I've said, but my staff tells me I'm sometimes funny. Not always on purpose, though.

Funny Purpose Me Busy Thinking Said

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