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All Quotes Collection
"This legislation gives parents some comfort that their children won't fall prey to child predators while using the Internet at schools and libraries that receive federal dollars for Internet services."
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"I also believe that the Supreme Court should be the final arbiter of all federal questions."
43
"Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in school, have more developed social skills, and display fewer behavior problems."
42
"I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism."
178
"Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude."
57
"Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time."
62
"In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face."
Time,
56
"It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality."
78
"Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being."
214
"The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity."
63
"You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway."
Care,
57
"The best thing that could happen to motherhood already has. Fewer women are going into it."
37
"Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins."
36
"Sexual liberation, as a slogan, turns out to be another kind of bondage. For a woman it offers orgasm as her ultimate and major fulfillment; it's better than motherhood."
43
"The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education."
39
"Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work."
37
"People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment."
50
"I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns."
57
"I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable."
76
"Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking very frankly, we cannot afford this kind of expense."
31
"This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on."
44
"Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline."
38
"While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course."
42
"Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players."
56
"Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got."
37
"Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around."
Want,
50
"I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it."
66
"I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me."
64
"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals."
47
"As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game."
107
"Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm."
28
"Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world."
24
"History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy."
32
"A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators."
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