"I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee."

-- Kristen Johnston

#Born Quotes #Milwaukee Quotes #Raised Quotes

“My own convictions as to negro slavery are strong. It has its evils and abuses...We recognize the negro as God and God's Book and God's Laws, in nature, tell us to recognize him - our inferior, fitted expressly for servitude...You cannot transform the negro into anything one-tenth as useful or as good as what slavery enables them to be.”
“The bow always strung ... will not do.”
“It is easier for a political party to attain national ballot status in Russia today than it is for the Libertarian party or the Green party to get on the ballot in, say, Pennsylvania.”
“My life is not this steeply sloping hour, in which you see me hurrying. Much stands behind me; I stand before it like a tree; I am only one of my many mouths, and at that, the one that will be still the soonest. I am the rest between two notes, which are somehow always in discord because Deathâ€™s note wants to climb overâ€” but in the dark interval, reconciled, they stay there trembling. And the song goes on, beautiful.”
“Nations have the wrong granularity. Theyâ€™re too small to be global and too big to be local, and all they can think about is competing.”
“They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad.”
“I have done research about people who think they're doing movements and people - like Madonna and professional dancers - who are actually 'performing' movements. The people who can connect and perform during their workout get results way above and beyond the people who are just going through the motions.”

Source : "Teeny, tiny body, anyone?". www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2009.
“All of us can meet God's high expectations.”

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