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Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to me not to.

Marian Wright Edelman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Me Thought Glass Never Ceiling Just

People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set.

I Am People Me Think I Can Afraid

My parents' relationship with Kolkata is so strong. Growing up, the absence of Kolkata was always present in our lives.

Relationship Parents Growing Up Up

I was actually very ugly. I was ugly. I felt very insecure.

Ugly Felt Very Insecure Actually

Both my own process and that of the publishing industry are just too slow to do anything other than play catch-up when it comes to anticipating change.

Change Process Slow Play My Own Own

From the top of a high rock, I obtained a good few of the most extensive and dreary wilderness I ever beheld. It chilled the heart to gaze on these barrens of Labrador. Indeed, I now dread every change of harbor, so horridly rugged and dangerous is the whole coast and country to the eye, and to the experienced man either of the sea or the land.

John James Audubon

Change Good Heart Sea Man Eye

I'm extremely busy and running around requires a lot of energy.

Energy Busy Running Around Lot

I like having conversations: you learn a lot about how other people think. If I'm myself and confident, I don't get nervous easily. I try not to make other people uncomfortable - I think that's a very arrogant thing to do.

Myself People Think Confident Learn

Even in high school, music was just a really fun thing on the side. I don't think I grasped the fact that it could be a profession.

Music School Fun High School Think

I watch a lot of movies, and I tend to be influenced by scenes that intrigue me, that make me want to use the same effects or technique.

Masashi Kishimoto

Me Want Movies Same Watch Technique

The World Coming Down tour was around four years ago, and other than the wear and tear we've all sustained in the last four years, nothing much has changed.

World Down Nothing Years Coming

I have made more money than I ever thought anybody should ever make. But who cares if you're worth $500 million or $1 billion? That is not what I want to be remembered for, but for giving something back.

Money Thought Giving Worth You Back

Staying grounded, eating healthy, doing yoga, staying out of the sun to protect my skin - I think that the daily decisions we make to protect our bodies are the best ways we can care for them.

Daily Best Sun Eating Think Care

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