Marion Barry Quotes

I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?

Marion Barry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

I AmCityYouWashingtonAfrica

After graduating from Brown, I went to law school and became a corporate lawyer in New York City.

Andrew Yang

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There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.

Anatole France

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Philly gave me my ambition and drive to get more. It's a reminder to stay on top of my game. That's not a place I want to go back to.

Meek Mill

MeAmbitionDriveGameBackPlace

Finding a way to find humor in things that are hardcore is definitely something that, I think, the sitcom does best.

Megyn Price

HumorBestThinkFindingFindWay

My greatest desire was to be in a sandbox with Kevin Kline or Kenneth Branagh - to be with the people I admired - and I have.

Robert Sean Leonard

PeopleDesireGreatestSandboxKevin

My family lives there, so I come back sometimes between shows for a couple days. I get back a couple times a year. When I was 30 to 34 I was weirded out when I came back - you know, how your past gets away from you. It's grown so much.

Matthew Sweet

FamilyPastYearYouBackSometimes

You need to have a very strong relationship with your coaches. For me, Freddie Roach is like a father figure.

Amir Khan

FatherRelationshipMeStrongYou

You never know how your kids are going to turn out. You can raise them with all the best intentions, and then they're own people, and they have their own inner conflicts. You just hope you've given them some good stuff to navigate with.

Amanda de Cadenet

GoodHopeBestPeopleYouKnow

I really am not a material girl.

Stella Maxwell

GirlMaterialReallyAm

My happiness is not dependent on others; it comes from within. Spiritual growth in a person is never encouraged, but it is important. I don't know why people want to judge others instead of doing their own thing. I firmly feel that I don't need to follow or live according to other people's rules. I like living life the way I want to.

Sonu Nigam

LifeGrowthLiveHappinessSpiritual

I think of childhood as an explosion of creativity. For most people, growing up and earning a living means leaving all that behind. But an artist never leaves that behind. Edwin Mullhouse was my way of exploring the child as artist and, under the guise of childhood, something larger.

Steven Millhauser

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Waiting is the great vocation of the dispossessed.

Mary Gordon

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