Ayanna Pressley Quotes

Let me be abundantly clear: I am black, and I am a woman, and I embrace both of those facts.

Ayanna Pressley

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Early-twentieth-century abstraction is art's version of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. It's the idea that changed everything everywhere: quickly, decisively, for good.

Jerry Saltz

GoodArtEverythingTheoryIdea

I've never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I'm a good person. I believe I'm a good mom. But that's for my kids to decide, not for the world.

Angelina Jolie

LifeGoodMomOpinionWorldBelieve

I recall an 18-year-old girl named Rachel in Zambia who was given a grant to start a business of her choosing. She decided to breed goats so she could sell the meat and the milk, and donate the kids to orphan children. She herself was an orphan, stepping into young adulthood with no resources, and it was her first opportunity to earn her own money.

Ann Cotton

BusinessGirlOpportunityChildren

My wife tells me I need to learn to be more patient with my son.

John Slattery

SonWifeMeLearnMoreNeed

We will fight against any pro-nuclear power plan. And we will remind people that a change in the German nuclear consensus would stifle the development of sustainable energy and it would cost jobs. The SPD is the strongest among the opposition parties and we must take on this role with vigour.

Sigmar Gabriel

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Of course, I've known people who have mental difficulties, so I know how fragile people's psyches are and how little it can take to overbalance somebody.

Roger Lloyd-Pack

PeopleKnowDifficultiesFragileWho

Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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If you experience that feeling of being in a rut in your life, then something's not right. A lot of people who feel that way don't take the time to say, 'O.K., well, what am I doing? Is that what I want to be doing? What is it making me feel this way?' You have to identify what specifically is making you feel stuck.

Joy Mangano

LifeTimeExperiencePeopleMeYou

I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

Donald Dunn

SmileMotherHappyPeopleMeGo

If you think the products don't match what you want from a product, don't buy it.

Donald Norman

ThinkYouWantProductBuyProducts

My impression is the Trump administration is in imminent danger of violating the gunfighter's credo, which is 'Do not pick seven fights if you are carrying a six shooter.'

Austan Goolsbee

YouImpressionDangerSevenShooter

The subjects have to come with questions for me. I don't make films where I'm a massive fan.

Asif Kapadia

MeQuestionsWhereComeMakeFan

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