Yo-Yo Ma Quotes

I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.

Yo-Yo Ma

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GreatGrowing UpWorldWishRemember

I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.

John Carney

LoveGoodActingBigFanI Love

We cannot afford to have any large section of the business world in doubt whether they have broken the laws or not, and we cannot let the laws become a dead letter through vagueness. In this view it is clear that an administrative commission can render invaluable service.

John Bates Clark

BusinessServiceBrokenWorldView

I was honored to have an opportunity to speak on August 28th, 1963.

John Lewis

OpportunitySpeakHonoredAugust

The World Trade Center site will forever hold a special place in our city, in our hearts. But we would be untrue to the best part of ourselves and who we are as New Yorkers and Americans if we said no to a mosque in lower Manhattan.

Michael Bloomberg

BestCityWorldPlaceNewSaid

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

John Stuart Mill

HomeExperienceMeaningPersonal

I didn't get round to having children until I was 35, and then I wasn't around very much.

Tu Youyou

ChildrenHaving ChildrenRoundGet

I come here tonight as a sister, blessed with a brother who is my mentor, my protector and my lifelong friend. And I come here as a wife who loves my husband and believes he will be an extraordinary president.

Michelle Obama

FriendWifeBrotherSisterBlessed

As of today, if I am asked abroad if I am a free citizen of the United States of America, I must only say what is true: No.

Lorraine Hansberry

TodayI AmFreeAmericaCitizenSay

Selling MP3s or physical copies, it's still cool, but I think it's slowly becoming outdated to where people just want to build a culture.

Diplo

CulturePeopleCoolThinkSelling

If a man is dumb, someone is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don't, you're as dumb as he is.

Arnold Rothstein

BestManSomeoneYouDumbWhy

There is no fence nor hedge round time that is gone. You can go back and have what you like of it if you can remember.

Philip Dunne

TimeRememberFenceYouBackGo

After 9/11, I had just become an American citizen, and I remember sitting in front of my TV set watching the news of the attacks, in tears. I remember thinking to myself, 'Nothing is ever going to be the same in this country for people who look like me.'

Pramila Jayapal

MyselfPeopleMeTearsThinking

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