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Sam Brownback Quotes

We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: September 12, 1956

Topics

Democracy Proactive Human Rights

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.

Say Status Quo Status Original Sort

When we pull back the curtain and take a look at what our 'colorblind' society creates without affirmative action, we see a familiar social, political, and economic structure - the structure of racial caste. The entrance into this new caste system can be found at the prison gate.

Michelle Alexander

Society Action Prison Political Look

I think it's healthy to be insecure, to have nerves.

Think Healthy I Think Insecure

I listen to everything - from Sarah McLachlan and Alanis Morissette all the way down to rap like Scarface, UGK and Lauryn Hill.

Down Hill Way Listen Everything Rap

One of my defining beliefs is that Jesus Christ has taken all of my guilt before God, and that he has been raised from the dead. That gives incredible hope and meaning to every day of my life - that nothing done in this world is wasted when it's done for him and his glory, and that there will be a day of justice and reward for the entire world.

Life God Hope Justice Day World

In the view of some people, you can only believe in civil rights if you work as a civil rights lawyer. I just don't buy that.

Work People Lawyer Believe View You

As President Bush has said on numerous occasions, it is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital.

Government Environment Create Said

Every year, I give my dad an advance copy of my latest book. He reads it over the next several nights and says something incredibly supportive. Then he clears his throat nervously and changes the subject.

Book Year Copy Changes Over Next

I grew up in West Philly, and I took an acting class at Temple University there. Then, after school, I moved to San Francisco.

School Acting Class Temple Up West

I've always been fascinated by dreams - mine are so vivid. I went through a period in my 20s when I wrote down my dreams every morning. Then life intervened, and I stopped doing it.

Arianna Huffington

Life Dreams Morning Doing Down Been

Because we had no money when I was growing up, when I started dancing, I wasn't allowed to be frivolous - my mum made me go to every lesson because she was paying for it.

Money Me Growing Up Lesson Growing

We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.

William Golding

Best Rules Everything Obey English

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