Fannie Lou Hamer Quotes

If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.

Fannie Lou Hamer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 6, 1917 - March 14, 1977

Topics

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When I first heard Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way,' I looked out the window for the car alarm going off.

Robert Rinder

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Beautiful things comfort; they bring a real clarity and ease. We have to continue to make our environments beautiful - it's sort of like a prayer. If you surround yourself with beautiful things, you have a better life - one with more oxygen.

Anjelica Huston

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I'm enjoying dating. I'm single, though, I'm not in a relationship.

Matt Czuchry

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Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

Aneurin Bevan

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Honestly, I don't talk; I just like to fight. I'm not a good talker.

Stipe Miocic

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To work is to feel alive.

Tony Bennett

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There is no question but that the laws and principles which Solon laid down both foreshadowed and prepared the way for all republics of later ages, including our own.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

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I did use my own accent in a play once. It's a very freeing, liberating experience. Actors are often asked to adopt a different accent, and sometimes a different voice, so when that's taken away and you don't have to think about it, that's a lovely thing.

Luke Evans

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The idea that two political parties can't come together to get a mission done is foreign to me - and unacceptable.

Chris Gibson

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Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.

Colman McCarthy

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When 'MADtv' got cancelled, I didn't work at all - for three years.

Bobby Lee

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Our destiny is greatness and we must return to its fulfillment.

Paul Tsongas

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