Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

It was clear to me as a civil rights leader in the '60s that unless we put the social and economic underpinnings beneath the political and the civil rights, we wouldn't go anywhere.

Marian Wright Edelman

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I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs.

Jimmy Webb

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'Malandrinas' means 'bad girls,' but not bad in a negative way. I wrote it in homage to my female fans.

Jenni Rivera

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We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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It makes a huge difference in how you feel, the way your costume holds you. When you look at yourself in the mirror, it makes you feel a certain way. Actors like to talk a lot about working from the inside out, but there's a lot to be said also about working from the outside in. It can be extremely helpful.

Jean Smart

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It doesn't matter how pretty you look it's how many runs you get.

Steve Waugh

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Sometimes people can be guilty of not working at relationships and if it's not working, oof, that's it.

Rob James-Collier

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It would be great to go to school all year and do movies during the summer, but it doesn't work that way. I'm not Julia Roberts, so I have to be flexible.

Julia Stiles

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I'm very prescriptive about my routine. Almost nothing changes: I have the same meal - pasta with Bolognese sauce - between shows; the person who dresses me stands on the same side every time; I take the same route to the stage. I'm very OCD about these things, as most actors are.

Douglas Hodge

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This is my greatest regret - that my music is not being played, and more people aren't seeing Chubby Checker. That's very painful for me. Many nights, I have tears in my eyes about that.

Chubby Checker

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It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.

Alice Waters

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I never had a massive desire to buy clothes. I liked to customise the clothes I already had or was given when I was younger. If I didn't like them that much, I made them how I wanted them to be.

Phoebe Philo

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Tough times call for tougher decisions.

Prabhas

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