Sylvia Mathews Burwell Quotes

Somewhere in Rwanda, a rural farmer is dreaming of providing an education for her children. Not just high school, but maybe even a university degree. Such a dream used to seem out of reach.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 23, 1965

Topics

EducationChildrenSchoolHigh School

People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous - like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's just the opposite.

Jennifer Lopez

MenPeopleThinkSexyHotelWay

The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.

John F. Kerry

ConsequencesCrimeOutProportion

It was a struggle to humanize Donald Trump, who was the antagonist in my satirical thriller 'The Day of the Donald'. Of course, I heard from some readers who thought I made Trump too likable.

Andrew Shaffer

DayStruggleThoughtDonald Trump

Beetles and butterflies are sometimes restricted to small areas. Each mountain in a range, and even the different zones of a mountain, may have its own peculiar species. But the house-fly seems to be everywhere. I wonder if any island in mid-ocean is flyless.

John Muir

MountainSmallWonderSometimesOwn

I always support anyone who I think is dope, female-wise. Whereas a lot of females are scared of other females.

Stefflon Don

SupportThinkDopeAlwaysScared

Soon it will be a sin of parents to have a child that carries the heavy burden of genetic disease. We are entering a world where we have to consider the quality of our children.

Robert Edwards

ChildrenQualityChildParentsWorld

There's a lot of labor involved in the birth of a new town.

Michael Richards

NewLaborBirthInvolvedTownLot

There are no small parts. Only small actors.

Milan Kundera

SmallOnlyParts

In about a year's time, Elvis went from being very poor and living with his family in government housing in Memphis to all of a sudden being the biggest star in the world. Once fame hit, there was a lot of temptation and also a lot of stress.

Drake Milligan

FamilyTimeStressGovernmentWorld

We're movers, forward thinkers, people who get things done. But the Tea Party and Republicans like Bob Dold are holding us back.

Brad Schneider

TeaPeopleForwardBackPartyDone

Food can be very transformational, and it can be more than just about a dish. That's what happened to me when I first went to France. I fell in love. And if you fall in love, well, then everything is easy.

Alice Waters

LoveFoodMeEasyYouFall

In St. Louis, some people were hurt seriously when some fans got on top of a roof that was where other fans were underneath it, at a park somewhere, and it collapsed.

Phil Lesh

PeopleHurtSeriouslyTopRoofPark

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