Marion Barry Quotes

I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going.

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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You could accuse Republicans of a lot of things, but you could never convict us of being too conservative!

Jim DeMint

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We live on a finite planet. We have finite resources, and we're running out of good, arable land.

Jeremy Grantham

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People admire a screen actor if they have theatre skills, but it's looked down upon by the industry as being not a 'real job,' in the way it isn't in New York or the U.K.

Robert Picardo

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I try desperately to try and figure out how they'd react to different scenarios. That's part of what the DM's job is: to try and know their players well enough to where they can build encounters, challenges, and be like, 'I think they would do this in this scenario, so I will go ahead and prepare a few options based on this.'

Matthew Mercer

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The arts are a celebration of life.

Michael Douglas

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I'm obsessed with my PlayStation. I'll come home and plug away at 'Fallout' for a couple of hours. Or, if I'm feeling the hacking and slashing, I'll play a little 'God of War.'

Tracy Spiridakos

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I need to work to support my family.

Tori Spelling

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In Haiti, beach bodies are simply bodies, and beach reads are simply books, because the beach is all around you.

Roxane Gay

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On one hand, I think it's very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it's not talked about, then we won't progress. What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.

Mitski

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Women in the service put themselves in harms way to protect us and our Nation from threats at home and abroad. The least we can do is ensure they are protected when facing a horrible tragedy.

Louise Slaughter

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I've managed to do movies and still keep a lifestyle where I can go to ballgames, go to a grocery store like everybody else.

Chris Evans

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One thing about costume design - and I think design in general - but especially costume design, is people have a misconception that it's very glamorous work.

Colleen Atwood

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