"I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really; maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith."

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Source : "Georgia High Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. August 2, 2005.

Leah Ward Sears

#Faith Quotes #Two Quotes #People Quotes

“I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea.”
“Food is the place where you begin.”
“Every coin has two sides, just like most people have two faces.”
“She smiled, a moving childish smile that was like all the lost youth in the world.”
“No one can ever see the ball hit the bat because it's physically impossible to focus your eyes that way. However, when I hit the ball especially hard, I could smell the leather start to burn as it struck the wooden bat.”
“When you do a piece of journalism, you may have to cut away 95 percent of what you are experiencing.”
“Don't bother with New Year's resolutions if you don't have the discipline to put a plan in place to actually achieve them.”
“Authentic brands don't emerge from marketing cubicles or advertising agencies. They emanate from everything the company does...”

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