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Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

I need to work outside government, on my own.

Marian Wright Edelman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Work Government My Own Outside Need

Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews.

Book Week Sunday Why Same Seem

Aquatic invasive species are destroying the environment, damaging fisheries, and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars annually.

American Environment Species Dollars

I make it my business to be around people that don't look like me or think like me or act like me. I want to learn from them.

Business People Me Think Learn Look

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.

John Stuart Mill

Good Community Power Purpose Moral

For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

Great Small Things Small Person Whom

I'm never trying to make something esoteric; it just happens.

Jonathan Krisel

Trying Never Something Just Happens

John 5 - he's weird. He's a freak. I'm just kidding. He's a great guy.

Johnny Van Zant

Great Weird Freak Guy Just He

Writing is work and cooking is relaxing.

Diane Mott Davidson

Work Cooking Writing Relaxing

You wake up in the morning; what do you want to know? You want to know what happened overnight. You want to know if you're safe. You want to know if you're family's safe.

Family Morning Wake Up You Know Up

My wife is French, and so I get to see America through her eyes, which informs a lot of little moments. It means I can poke fun at very particular things about us.

Colin Trevorrow

Eyes Wife Fun America Moments I Can

You know when you're young and you see a play in high school, and the guys all have gray in their hair and they're trying to be old men and they have no idea what that's like? It's just that stupid the other way around.

Men School Hair Stupid High School

We are all living in a world shaped by Reagan and his ideology of small 'l' liberalism.

Chrystia Freeland

World Small Living Liberalism Shaped

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