Jackie Robinson Quotes

The black press, some liberal sportswriters, and even a few politicians were banging away at those Jim Crow barriers in baseball. I never expected the walls to come tumbling down in my lifetime.

Jackie Robinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972

Topics

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There's a stage where you're desperate to get a job, and you're waving your hands in a sea of nothingness, going, 'Please, please, please! I'm over here - give me a job!'

Joel Edgerton

SeaJobMeHandsYouStage

The work being done by Linklaters to help organizations understand keys to success in the development sector serves as an important international affairs issue and crucial element in how all of us work to support service provision in impoverished communities in a lasting and effective way.

Ann Cotton

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We in the majority have worked hard to empower people to create opportunities, to make jobs, to do things that turn America into a place where people can achieve their dreams.

Robin Hayes

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I love my father. I disagreed with him. But he was my father. He was the boss.

Rocky Wirtz

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From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody.

Marvin Hamlisch

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I live in L.A., so layers are essential to my wardrobe. I like slim silhouettes, typically, and I love good tailoring.

Michelle Monaghan

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It took so much of the tension out of me that my friends and family won't see me on this show.

Jonathan Frid

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I lived through a golden period where society felt that it was good to help people who didn't have a great deal of money fulfil their potential.

Peter Capaldi

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Democracy is a process.

Paul Wolfowitz

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The referees sometimes give for you, and others take it away.

Sergio Ramos

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I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed.

Tim Robbins

ConfidenceI AmMeStartThinkYou

Safe Routes to School is one with great potential to get children walking and biking to school again. The program uses federal grants to make road and sidewalk repairs aimed at getting kids to school safely on foot or bicycle. The money also supports efforts to get the community, school officials and others involved.

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

CommunityChildrenGreatMoneyRoad

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