Gwen Moore Quotes

Too many people feel that where you start out dictates where you should end up. I was on welfare and just shy of 19 when my first daughter was born, but I was encouraged to take advantage of my ability and drive and remained in school.

Gwen Moore

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There was a real conflation of hero and victim in the wake of 9/11, in our perverse desire to create a triumphant myth out of pure tragedy.

Jess Walter

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Men have got more of a discerning eye. They appreciate cut and details, things that aren't so obvious. They like things that have cachet and gentlemanliness.

John Galliano

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I lived in a bad neighborhood. I knew so many things a boy shouldn't know. I did so many things a boy shouldn't do.

John Garfield

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You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done.

John Chafee

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This idea that clumsy, stumbling people are real bright is ridiculous, because intelligence is related to neurologic function, and really intelligent people are very well-coordinated.

Robert Jarvik

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The actual technique, the process of painting flat color and simple geometric edges, all dates from my time here on Coenties Slip.

Robert Indiana

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I was an intelligence officer for what was then 8th Air Force, B-52 Air Force.

Michael Hayden

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I've never felt like I was in my mother's shadow. If anything, I felt like I was in her embrace.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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One of the best things to me about 'Skate' is that if you play this game from beginning to end, you just got a complete education on what skateboarding is.

Rob Dyrdek

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The first thing the Chinese ask you when they meet you is: 'How much money do you make?' It's a legitimate question to ask in China.

Rosemary Mahoney

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Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

Michael Jordan

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When you sing live, you cannot expect any artist, except for the amazing Beyonce or GaGa, to get it right every time.

Cher Lloyd

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