Al Sharpton Quotes

I could take all the cartoons in the tabloid newspapers, but I couldn't take my daughter punching me in the belly and asking why I was so fat. That was my inspiration to lose the weight. And probably the last time anyone hurt my feelings.

Al Sharpton

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My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash.

Joan Rivers

DogMeYearDumbBirthKid

I was going to be living there and I didn't want to sound like a foreigner all my life.

John Mahoney

LifeMy LifeWantLivingSoundLike

I wanted to get out of this country and experience different ways of seeing the world. So I went to Europe, but I went as an artist. I was increasing my skill set and exploring storytelling through painting.

Robert Redford

ExperiencePaintingWorldArtist

People on left have to better understand what are the benefits of inequality, and people on right have to understand better what the dangers are... It has to become properly hardwired into the American democratic debate in a way that it hasn't really been.

Angus Deaton

PeopleBetterAmericanInequality

I started writing when I was 13. I got my first electric guitar when I was 13, but I'd always been singing. I had my first little acoustic when I was six. But I started being in bands when I was 13.

Jeff Buckley

WritingSingingGuitarFirstAlways

Obama isn't just too big to fail. He's too big to know. Obama is so vital to the country and to the world, he must be kept out of the loop in order to save him from his failed presidency.

Rush Limbaugh

WorldCountryKnowHimOutFail

I don't have a room full of writers pitching ideas. It's just me out of my head.

Louis C. K.

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One thing I think is great is that if you use social media really well - in a natural, personal way - you can kind of see what's missing. You can see when you're bored of something or of someone.

Jonathan Anderson

GreatSocial MediaThinkMediaYou

Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian's research, the greater the difficulty of citation. As the mountain of material grows, so does the possibility of error.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

MountainResearchMoreErrorGreater

Some people think its just fun and games and others don't know how much I pushed to get here. They have to be in my shoes, but by listening to my music they can find out.

Chingy

MusicShoesFunPeopleListening

For better or worse, the people who become leaders and decision makers in politics, law and business are going to come from schools like Princeton.

Brian Kernighan

BusinessDecisionPoliticsPeople

I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.

Allen Iverson

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