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Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.

Marian Wright Edelman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 6, 1939

Topics

Future Children Stand Will Tall

When I read 'Rocky V,' it was a terrific story, a great script. Rocky died at the end. He has this devastating fight with Tommy Gunn, ends up in an ambulance with his head in Adrian's lap, and by the time they get to the hospital, he's dead.

John G. Avildsen

Great Time Fight Story End Hospital

Growing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn't accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else's insistence or someone else's whim or convenience.

Time Growing Up Someone Long Growing

Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness.

Science Day Philosophy Every Day

I think that's important - that transgender individuals are just like everyone else. We have our interests, our hobbies, our things we like to do. And people have to understand that.

People Think Important Understand

During my life I have heard many sermons on the Resurrection. I can recite the events of that first Easter Sunday. I have marked in my scriptures passages regarding the Resurrection.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Life My Life Sunday I Can First

I consider myself a bit of a comedian. I write a lot of humorous songs.

Myself Write Humorous Songs Comedian

All that is base in the masses is temporary, no doubt serving only to prevent evolution (that of the elite, as well) from proceeding too quickly and thus not becoming 'reality.'

Reality Doubt Evolution Serving Well

It isn't hard to see how the lack of representation affects the self esteem of many women world wide.

Women World Self Hard See Affects

I was very impressed by Walt Disney and the idea that you could have a dream and you could realize it to the point where people could walk around within it... It still resonates with me. I wanted to be somebody who believed in their ideas that much.

Walk People Me Ideas You Dream

The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.

I Am Me Game Way Reason Tell

I employ case studies of failure into my courses, emphasizing that they teach us much more than studies of success. It is not that success stories cannot serve as models of good design or as exemplars of creative engineering. They can do that, but they cannot teach us how close to failure they are.

Success Failure Good Creative Design

Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day.

Day People Baby Colors Every Day

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