Regina Brett Quotes

It's rare to find someone excited over jury duty. If they're out there, I've never met them. Not a one. When the summons for jury duty arrives in the mail, how many people scream, 'Yes!' and run to clear the calendar? None. Our first and only reaction is, 'Oh, no,' quickly followed by, 'How can I get out of this?'

Regina Brett

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My poems... the ones that start out as jokes become these big ponderous things and the ones that start out ponderous devolve into jokes.

Jess Walter

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During three decades from 1947 to 1977, the nation implemented what might be called a basic bargain with American workers. Employers paid them enough to buy what they produced.

Robert Reich

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I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous Governor, and I think you can find Negro leaders in the State who will attest to this fact.

Strom Thurmond

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When 'Breaking Bad' was on, I would have loved to have been a part of that.

Robbie Kay

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I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard.

Rodney Atkins

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If a kid is reading a book about someone who looks like them but doesn't talk like them, we stunt their growth by dissing them.

Jason Reynolds

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The thing that I tell young people is everybody is unique in their approach to the music, and you have to protect that.

Dianne Reeves

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I look and there's our boy from Vietnam and our daughter from Ethiopia, and our girl was born in Namibia, and our son is from Cambodia, and they're brothers and sisters, man. They're brothers and sisters and it's a sight for elation.

Brad Pitt

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You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

William Lyon Phelps

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Moving cities are a fairly hoary old sci-fi trope - I seem to recall they were always cropping up on 'Doctor Who' when I was young, though I may be misremembering.

Philip Reeve

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I work in show business - there's nothing that shocks me anymore!

Thomas Gibson

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It's sad, the lottery. Good projects get funded by it, but there's an air of desperation about it.

Nina Conti

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