Kerry Washington Quotes

The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally allowed to get married because you couldn't have that kind of love. It might get in the way of the economics of slavery. Your children could be taken from you and literally sold down the river.

Kerry Washington

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FamilyLoveWomenCommunityChildren

We're both accustomed to being the center of attention. We're both accustomed to being spoiled by the people around us. And we don't expect to have to compete with somebody for all of that.

Jim Lampley

PeopleAttentionCompeteSpoiledUs

Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator - life, liberty and freedom.

Jim DeMint

LifeFutureTodayHopeFreedom

My philosophy of dating is to just fart right away.

Jenny McCarthy

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I love seeing people smiling, dancing. There's enough sadness in the world, man.

Anderson East

LoveManPeopleWorldSadness

I change the language with which I use my voice. In opera, I know I have an orchestra behind me; I have to communicate to people very far from me.

Andrea Bocelli

ChangePeopleMeVoiceLanguageFar

I think I'm trouble-adjacent. I remember hearing once that good girls don't get caught. I think that's sort of a lot of what my teen years were like. I skirted the stuff that other kids were doing because the idea of actually getting in trouble was not appealing to me, but I still wanted to have adventures.

Anna Kendrick

GoodTeenMeThinkDoingRemember

Actors always lie about horse-riding, and it ends terribly. I can horse-ride... ish.

Tom Mison

LieI CanAlwaysAboutEnds

Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

Lou Holtz

PeopleProblemsCareYouTellYour

The truth is that throughout my careers in both chess and the martial arts, I often knew that my rivals were more naturally gifted than me - either with their mental machines or their bodies. But I have believed in my training, my approach to learning, and my ability to rise to the challenge under pressure.

Joshua Waitzkin

LearningTruthChallengeTrainingMe

At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I visit, minority children typically represent 95 percent to 99 percent of class enrollment.

Jonathan Kozol

ChildrenTimeBlackPresentClass

John Wetteland had a very good curveball. He threw it for a strike, too, in any count, any situation. But, he really didn't use it much. He didn't want to throw it. He wanted to throw fastball-slider.

Jorge Posada

GoodSituationStrikeWantCountHe

I think we'd like to direct. Not so much because we'd like to be directors... we'd like to see how one of our scripts would do if it didn't get changed.

Christopher Markus

ThinkSeeBecauseGetWouldChanged

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