Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Quotes

Where Negroes provide 20 percent of the vote, they should have 20 per cent of the jobs.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 29, 1908 - April 4, 1972

Topics

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I've never offered coupons or deals. I'm not fancy enough to do soup or salads, hot breakfasts, or smoothies.

Jimmy John Liautaud

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One of the things I would like to do is make up stories that I would have enjoyed when I was a kid. So, if I'm thinking about an audience, it's usually a younger version of myself.

Matt Groening

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I think Gina Rowlands is an amazing actress.

Angela Sarafyan

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'Ambulatory' is my favorite word to use because it never gets a laugh.

Andy Kindler

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I have a mother who never took no for an answer when it came to her creative pursuits. She started a hair salon in her spare bedroom and four years later had 30 employees.

Solange Knowles

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War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.

Smedley Butler

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The radio has so many rules, and songs don't. You don't necessarily write to a rule book unless you're, like, just doing it professionally, which has never been my thing.

Tom Petty

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I play tough guys in movies and behaved like one in front of the press because I thought that was what a man did.

Tom Sizemore

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I replaced Jim Garner in 'Maverick.' I replaced George Sanders in 'The Saint.' I've replaced everybody.

Roger Moore

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I don't want to sing songs that aren't worth while. Time is so rare. I just don't want to waste the listener's time and I think that my songs don't do that. That's what I pray for. I want songs that really touch people's hearts.

Rodney Atkins

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Social media is here to stay, and the social phenomenon that is bringing this about is consumers' willingness to share more about themselves, share more about what they're doing... people are even willing to disclose where they're at. And this phenomenon is going to create huge commerce opportunities on the web.

Ron Conway

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The first year I moved to Nashville, I started playing these songwriter nights with people like Nickel Creek, Duncan Sheik, and even Ryan Adams... That was the first place I really started playing music, and I had to really step up my game. Really quick. Or get kicked off the stage.

Mat Kearney

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