Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.

Marian Wright Edelman

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DogEnoughUncomfortableInjustice

I probably don't conform to most people's idea of a fashion editor.

Joanna Coles

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God doesn't just miraculously and physically intervene in the whole process, so if I just go and drop a bunch of chemicals and herbicides that leach into the groundwater, I can pray all day to keep my child healthy, but if the herbicides gone into the groundwater come up my well, my child's going to drink that water.

Joel Salatin

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We know a great deal about the configuration of the menorah from the biblical book of Exodus. Beaten out of solid gold, the ancient candelabrum boasted six branches emerging from a seventh, its central shaft. The menorah was adorned with golden buttons, cups, and flowers.

Meir Soloveichik

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My late father Rev. James Thomas McGlowan was the inspiration behind 'Bamboozled.' My father admired Frederick Douglass' courage and his bravery in the face of adversity.

Angela McGlowan

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In a personal context, I'm not in the ground, and I'm not in an institution. So I guess I'm doing pretty good.

John Trudell

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Governmental intervention and personal responsibility are not mutually exclusive issues, but they do frame a 'do it ourselves' vs. 'what are you doing for us' debate. For the black community, that's a debate that's been raging at least as far back as the W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington philosophical grudge matches.

John Ridley

CommunityResponsibilityBlackDoing

I said I reject any form of bigotry, bigotry of all kinds.

Steve Scalise

SaidKindsFormAnyReject

All I know is, I was trying to win the football game. And the bottom line is, you have to do what you think is right. You have to go with your gut. And if you don't do that, then I think you regret a lot of things later on.

Mike Singletary

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A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.

Jose Bergamin

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For me, the past is dead. Can't go back.

Jonathan Ames

PastMeBackGoDead

Perhaps we don't need these religious concoctions to pillow the fear of death. Just the fact that there is an unknown, and something greater, can bring a feeling of peace. That's enough for me.

Brad Pitt

FearPeaceDeathMeEnoughFeeling

I did have a lucky thing going on there in my throat.

Art Garfunkel

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