Keith Ellison Quotes

My mom, Clida, taught my four brothers and me about her father's work to organize black voters in rural Louisiana in the 1950s. We carried her dad's legacy of activism with us. The Civil Rights Movement was present in the daily life of my family in Detroit in the 1970s.

Keith Ellison

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People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.

Ama Ata Aidoo

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I know how to cut meat, yeah. I know how to cook, basically.

Stellan Skarsgard

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In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.

Tony Blair

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I know it was harder for me taking care of my dad during his cancer than it was going through my own. You feel more helpless as a caregiver.

Mindy Sterling

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I believe many people feel like God is mad at them. One day I put a post on Facebook that said, 'God is not mad at you.' Within a few hours, we literally had thousands of positive responses from people saying things like, 'That is exactly what I needed to hear today.' Obviously, this is a message we need to hear.

Joyce Meyer

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We are giving the citizens of Poland a sense that a reasonable and predictable government is ruling here.

Donald Tusk

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A flapper is just a little girl trying to grow up - in the process of growing up.

Colleen Moore

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The only direction Obama has the economy moving is backward.

Bob Beauprez

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A person can be big, because of spirit. A person can be big because of their position in the family, the hierarchy in the family. That role has been played by women who are quite thin.

Phylicia Rashad

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I want to be judged harshly because that forces me to really sit down and focus.

Seth Grahame-Smith

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I love travelling with my laptop because I get a bit nervous if I can't access my e-mails.

Toby Stephens

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I love B.C., but you know what taxes are like in Canada.

Ryan Stiles

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