Ayanna Pressley Quotes

Raising me as a single parent, my mother held many jobs. Most of them had to do with the betterment and the advancement of our community and society at large. I grew up seeing her active in ministries at our church, with the homeless, as a social worker, with elderly, with youth, as a children's rights organizer with the Urban League of Chicago.

Ayanna Pressley

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I was a very good girl for a long time, that's what really drew me to acting. The stage was the perfect place to be outrageous, to be sad, to be angry, to be all these different things.

Joan Allen

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I think my dream would be to move into film, purely because there's a definite beginning, middle and end to a project. I struggle a bit with such a big series that's going all the time.

Jessica Raine

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Building up an organisation is like starting a social movement. At the center of everything is the core team. I have the honor of working with some phenomenal people at Purpose who are at the top of their fields. That energy and common purpose among the team is what inspires me and where the magic happens.

Jeremy Heimans

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I don't work out a lead section and practice it for a day and then lay it down. I don't do that. The first time I do something I think is expressive or really cool, that's what's actually on the recording.

Tom Scholz

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However much I might try to expound or explain Love, when I come to Love itself, I am ashamed of my explanations... Love alone can explain the mysteries of love and lovers.

Rumi

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Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing.

Mike Krzyzewski

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To this day, I have the most fond memories of some of my old toys.

Michael Keaton

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I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums.

Dick Dale

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Most of my inspiration comes from mistakes, so every time I make a massive mistake, that usually affects me so much that I have to process that via song.

Chet Faker

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My feelings towards Scott Card are pretty mixed. Politically, he and I are pretty far apart.

Cory Doctorow

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I want to get better and better at my craft.

Brie Larson

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One of the beauties of B2B is that there is a finite number of customers. So the marketing costs are much different. You don't have to take out Super Bowl ads or plaster the New York subway system.

William Fung

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