Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Quotes

Educated mothers are 50 percent more likely to immunize their children than mothers with no schooling.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Recitation: by Male by Female

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ChildrenMoreEducatedMothersThan

The goal of Asians in the arts is plurality of roles. I've always been hindered by me over-thinking what is a stereotype and what isn't.

John Cho

MeGoalAlwaysArtsAsiansBeen

In 1989, a lone and still-anonymous Chinese student stood unarmed in front of a Chinese tank and gave the world an enduring image of the determination of China's young to change their nation. He didn't text message the tank or share a video on YouTube.

Tom Brokaw

ChangeDeterminationWorldStudent

Anything that gets children reading is fine.

Michael Morpurgo

ChildrenReadingAnythingFineGets

I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.

Jason Priestley

ChallengeFunHappyMeDirecting

I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.

Joseph Wambaugh

EnoughLawyersTrialsYearsSystem

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

Denis Diderot

TruthMemoryNailsForceSharpLike

When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.

Claire McCaskill

TeaDoorCompromisePartyOutTown

Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.

Aristotle

DogJealousElephantFierceFox

I know that many people kill off their real personality just to fit into this society, but why do we have to compromise? I never understood that. I decided to try to be myself and to live by my own values rather than those of others.

Novala Takemoto

LiveMyselfPersonalityPeopleKnow

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity.

Leonard Cohen

WorkPoliticalSocialDeliciousOnly

I think that the more comfortable and the more you rehearse - granted, I don't like to take the air out of a tire; there is a fine line - but I think the freer you are with your dialogue, for example, the more open you are to a good idea walking up to you.

Krysten Ritter

GoodThinkWalkingYouComfortable

Our mother always raised the bar and believed in us. I am glad she made the sacrifices she did, and we honoured her sacrifices.

Kubra Sait

MotherI AmSheAlwaysBarHer

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