We must be our own before we can be another's.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Recitation: by Male by Female
I think what is important, whether you are Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, is to embrace and own your identity. I think that's not political. That's good in life, and it certainly is the best way to be when you are running for office. If you don't do that, the voters will see through it.
Joel Benenson
LifeGoodBestIdentityThinkYou
I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music.
Matthew Bourne
MusicRespectDanceDoingWantTrue
The distance, being far away from your home, from your family, that's not easy. There are times when you say, 'Wow, what a fight, what a battle.'
Rodrigo Santoro
FamilyHomeFightBattleEasyYou
What our men and women in uniform are doing is providing for the Iraqi people and other surrounding nations the opportunity to see, to taste and to experience the democracy that equals freedom and ultimately justice.
Robin Hayes
WomenOpportunityFreedomJustice
I gravitate towards roles where women find strength in very difficult, uncompromising situations but maintain clarity in mind, discipline at heart, and a certain strength in spirit.
Michelle Yeoh
StrengthWomenHeartDisciplineMind
If the world's a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it.
Lucy Larcom
SmileTearsWorldVeilRainbows
With every new corporate inversion, the tax burden increases on the rest of us to pay what these corporations don't.
Dick Durbin
RestTaxNewBurdenPayUs
I feel ups and downs are a part of one's career, and this totally depends on how you take it. You can either be knocked down by the negative things, or you can take it in a positive way and learn from it.
Deepika Padukone
PositiveNegativeUps And DownsLearn
I'm into the food in Vegas. I'm willing to go to nice restaurants for sushi and stuff like that.
Britney Spears
FoodVegasGoSushiNiceStuff
When I heard 'Rockabye,' I was just blown away. It had been a long time since I had heard a song that had a message like that in it - about being a single parent and caring for your child.
Anne-Marie
TimeChildCaringSongParentLong
What I find most satisfying about photography is the way in which it allows me to document 'reality' while at the same time creating my own version thereof; in other words, the reality I present is a reality based upon what I choose to include in the frame and what I choose to leave out.
Alix Smith
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Part of why daycare is so poorly paid is because the sense that they're prisoners of love, that daycare workers love their work so much that they don't need to be paid fairly. It's this sense of, 'Oh well, labor and love are two different things.'
Alissa Quart
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