"I grew up so thoroughly imbued with women's rights that it was the most important question of my life from a very early day."

-- Lucretia Mott

#Rights Quotes #Important Quotes #Grew Up Quotes

“Where there is peace, there is sports; where there is sports, there is peace. Peace is what allows us, especially young people, to dream, go after ones goals and prepare you for the next challenge in life.”
“I am an Iranian by birth and of my Islamic faith. I am also an American Citizen and I seek to help change America to be a more Islamic country. My faith guides me and I feel like it is going well in the transition of using freedom of religion in America against itself.”
“War affected my family a lot, and I was quite curious about it. I first went off to war in the early 90's as a journalist, partly out of curiosity and partly because I needed a career. War reporting has been very glamorous and exciting, and everything else that young men like.”
“The labor movement was the principal force that transformeÂd misery and despair into hope and progress.”
“I was in the process of growing dreads, they were down to my lip. I could whip them back and forth. Then I just thought to myself, "Is this really me? Can I really do this?" So I washed them out and went to the barber shop. I told them to give me a mohawk. But then there was this teenager also getting one. I couldn't do that.”
“Maybe crazy is just the word we use for feelings that will not be contained.”
“All I am, I owe to my mother.”
“Watching how customers actually use a product provides much more reliable information than can be gleaned from a verbal interview or a focus group.”

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