Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and were especially hopeful that he might move the country in a new direction on civil rights.

Marian Wright Edelman

Recitation: by Male by Female

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Someone had my number and they started text-stalking me. I've never replied to them. It was tempting to write back, but I resisted.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.

Tony Abbott

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I'm always trying to slip out of those labels everyone tries to put round your neck. We all have multiple selves.

Riz Ahmed

TryingAlwaysEveryoneOutNeckPut

As we look forward to freedom, the shining city on the hill and the best days of America lying ahead, it is the men and women in uniform who protect, defend and make us proud to whom we should look and give thanks every night.

Robin Hayes

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I have the power to write these books where I invent characters that I really like, and it gets to come out the way they want it to come out, and I get to make it happen.

Ruth Glick

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There was a joke in Czechoslovakia: The Communist Party dance, it's one step forward, two steps backward, and everyone is still clapping.

Martina Navratilova

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Libido is a normal part of being human. Nothing scandalous about it. But without it, in either women or men, would there be a demand for birth control?

Mike Huckabee

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I try to do collaborations with as many artists as possible. It's really excellent and fun to actually work with another songwriter.

Jason Molina

WorkFunPossibleTryArtistsMany

A good photographer can make you look incredible, even when you're not feeling very sexy.

Cindy Margolis

GoodSexyYouLookFeelingEven

Wrestling fans dictate policy; they really do. What direction each wrestler takes usually revolves around what the fans think of them.

Bret Hart

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Truly, there is a Christian note which makes the whole World vibrate, like an immense gong, in the divine Christ. This note is unique and universal, and in it alone consists the Gospel.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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The ultimate problem confronting me all my life has been the senseless injury to and neglect of my sister.

Philip K. Dick

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