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"It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish."
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"The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon."
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"I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do."
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"Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do."
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"The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield."
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"In my job you can't just put your head in the sand and throw partisan bombshells. You have to get results."
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"Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can."
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"I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job."
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"The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law."
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"As busy as I claim to be, I've still got the greatest job in the world."
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"The plastic on your sandwich really doesn't have to be made to last 50 years."
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"Memphis is a great town, man. There's a great musical community here. I'm trying to fit in."
Community

"My career was 100% different from what I intended to do. I thought I'd photograph nature and landscapes but I wound up photographing the changing of the times."
Nature

"My brother Jim and I saw our father go into the jails and pray with the inmates Sunday after Sunday. He prayed with both blacks and whites. If we ever repeated any slurs we heard on the playground, he'd tell us very softly, "I don't want to hear those words.""
Father

"There was hostility surrounding doing my job."
Job

"The photographs were never about me. They were always about the people who were laying their lives on the line for basic civil rights. I look back and I can't believe there was ever a time in this country when ANY citizen could not vote. The times were appalling."
Time

"Pictures can and do make a difference. Strong images of historical events do have an impact on society. They can help with change."
Change
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