"What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise."

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Source : Barbara Jordan, Shelby Hearon (1979). “Barbara Jordan, a self-portrait”, Doubleday Books

Barbara Jordan

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“Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.”
“God has an inordinate fondness for beetles.”
“One of the challenges of the movie is there are no apologies or excuses.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“The fake healers make you dependent. They aggrandize their personality cult and finances. They increase their stature with titles like Doctor, Bishop, Apostle, Prophet. This increases their authority to manipulate. Watch out for those who put themselves above you. The real ones point to Christ in you. You can pray just like anyone else. The gifts of the Spirit belong to the Holy Spirit. You have this inside you by faith and can be a conduit.”
“When they write about real stuff like my custody battle, that's no fun. Some things have leaked out about accusations that have gone back and forth and that's just mean. It's a tactic.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“[ My mother] went, OK, I've read the Bible. I've read the Bible again. I'm reading the Bible again. OK, let me - where does this Bible come from? What does this Old Testament speak - who are the Israelites? Who - what is Judaism? And then she went, and I'm going to study that. And, you know, she wanted to almost get to the core.”
“I'm a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and 2nd degree in karate, and I'm a licensed bodyguard.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I like to live life in an understated way because that's who I am - an ordinary guy who has experienced an extraordinary journey.”

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