James L. Farmer, Jr. Quotes

Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn't shake but inside I was shaking.

James L. Farmer, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 12, 1920 - July 9, 1999

Topics

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'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches.

John Oates

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Not everyone wants to see children's films, comics, and supermen.

John Hurt

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I've been talking about the centrality of libraries in our information society for a while now.

Matthew Lesko

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The best schools tend to have the best teachers, not to mention parents who supervise homework, so there is less need for self-organised learning. But where a child comes from a less supportive home environment, where there are family tensions perhaps, their schoolwork can suffer. They need to be taught to think and study for themselves.

Sugata Mitra

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I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo. The next time a woman runs, or a black, a Jew, or anyone from a group that the country is 'not ready' to elect to its highest office, I believe that he or she will be taken seriously from the start.

Shirley Chisholm

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Women love working together. That's my experience anyway.

Shirley MacLaine

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Francis Webb is easily our greatest poet and one of the greatest poets in the world but he's hardly ever mentioned.

Robert Adamson

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I love my songs, let's not get crazy here.

Ronnie Spector

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Money and fame, it only makes you so happy. You gotta find other reasons to fight. I want a certain amount of money to do the things that I want to do.

Rose Namajunas

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I believe you have to get rid of toxicity in any company. Don't care how smart, how talented, how long they have been there. If someone is going to create a toxic environment, you have to make a change.

Mindy Grossman

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When I testified before Congress after the Hudson River landing, Congressman James Oberstar of Minnesota said, 'Safety begins in the boardroom.' That's as true in medicine as it is in aviation. It always boils down to leadership.

Chesley Sullenberger

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My advice to organizations I work with is always to be proactive rather than simply reactive when it comes to human rights issues. After all, the important process of improving company policies and practices must be carried out without having to be prompted by a labour strike, factory collapse or other crisis.

Cherie Blair

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