Barbara Jordan Quotes

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance.

Barbara Jordan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 21, 1936 - January 17, 1996

Topics

BalanceGovernmentNothingBelief

A world technology means either a world government or world suicide.

Max Lerner

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It's pretty amazing being me.

Matthew Morrison

AmazingMePrettyBeing

So you can say, 'Get Big Government out of here, and don't tell me what to eat,' but when kids are going to school, and they're being fed junk, we're pretty much telling them what to eat, and we're telling them junk is OK.

Tom Colicchio

GovernmentSchoolMeYouSayEat

I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why.

Robert Caro

KnowWhyNeverOldYearsBallet

I am getting to work with some good musicians, artistes, and composers.

Mohit Chauhan

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I wasn't the kid with the lemonade stand.

Julia Hartz

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After an 18-year career, I left the film industry, not wanting to become one of those child-actor cautionary tales.

Lisa Jakub

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Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers.

Cokie Roberts

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When a liquid boils, the temperature has been raised to such a pitch that the evaporating molecules are sufficient in number and speed to lift off the air from the surface of the liquid and push it back en masse.

William Henry Bragg

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Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality.

Shawn Ashmore

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Football, or soccer as it is known, is a game of two halves. It's a game with rules and a referee. FIFA, the governing body for football, follows neither the rule of law or has the oversight of a referee.

Sharan Burrow

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I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.

Liev Schreiber

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