Marion Barry Quotes

White folks may let you in their country clubs to play golf, invite you out to dinner, take you out to play tennis, but when it comes to dividing up the money, that's a whole 'nother story.

Marion Barry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 6, 1936 - November 23, 2014

Topics

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When you're not winning, you're losing.

John McCain

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One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.

Robert M. Pirsig

TrueMoreGeometryCannotOnlyThan

I was brought up in a way that was based purely on the senses. Everything in my upbringing was a reaction to growing up on an organic farm or to the emotions of animal cruelty, as well as the visuals of my mum's and my father's art - he was also an art collector.

Stella McCartney

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When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me.

Simon Cowell

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I consider my girls the greatest gift from God in life. And I also love the career that I have built, lost and rebuilt. But the highs and lows of my career would not have been as exciting or manageable to me if I didn't have children and a partner for life with whom to share it all.

Mika Brzezinski

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It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

Michelangelo

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I find when somebody says to me, 'I'm going to motivate you,' more often than not, they're not going to get me.

Jason Alexander

MeYouFindMoreMotivateGoing

I once stumped Jimmy Buffett by calling him a saint.

Jonathan Miles

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I love different roles, just getting into it, something that's the complete opposite of who I am.

Cierra Ramirez

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Dieting is murder on the road. Show me a man who travels and I'll show you one who eats.

Bruce Froemming

ManMeRoadDietYouShow

These are the days for strong men to courageously expose wrong.

Powell Clayton

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I have a really, really hard time sitting down and watching a TV show, except I'm apparently willing to watch the same episode of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,' like, seven times.

Shane Carruth

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