"If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a compelling interest by the Supreme Court."

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Source : "Is affirmative action necessary?", www.cnn.com. December 5, 2002.

Eleanor Holmes Norton

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“I love every aspect of show business and that includes both the show part of it and the business part of it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm not at all funny. I can do dark comedy pretty well, but straight-up comedy, I don't know. I'm much darker. I've been like that since I was 3 years old”
“I believe that this world was set about for us to enjoy and to love and to experience and to have it all be, to a certain extent, unpredictable. Ever since I was a child I have believed that my life has been guided.”

Source : Judith Jamison (1993). “Dancing Spirit: An Autobiography”, Doubleday Books
“What made the beauty of the moon? And the beauty of the sea? Did that beauty made you? Did that beauty make me? Will that make me something? Will I be something? Am I something? And the answer comes: already am, always was, and I still have time to be.”
“Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.”
“I don't operate on smokers. I tell cigarette smokers that I can operate on you, I get paid the same. And you might even do well. But it's the wrong thing to do. So I refuse to operate on you until you stop smoking.”
“Examine every word you put on paper. You'll find a surprising number that don't serve any purpose.”

Source : William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.12, Harper Collins
“Normally I can balance two or three things. The problem is when you're out of work and don't have anything to balance. I think people assume you're always busy. You go through dry spells.”

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