"The imperative is to define what is right and do it."

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Source : Barbara Jordan, Elspeth D. Rostow, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin (1986). “The Great Society: A Twenty Year Critique”, Univ Texas at Austin Lyndon B

Barbara Jordan

#Inspirational Quotes #Character Quotes #Philanthropy Quotes

“It took the producers a while to realize I wanted a full-bodied life. I wanted to get out before I felt I'd sacrificed so much to get somewhere that I couldn't afford to leave.”
“Blood is the substance that allows any living thing to exist, but blood is blood. I have heard of people drinking each other's blood. They cut each other, and they drink it and it's supposed to be a euphoric feeling. But, blood has no special interest for me.”
“Language was invented to ask questions.”
“I think the vast majority of the American people say you shouldn't be able to collect my phone records if I'm not suspicious, if you don't have probable cause.”
“I've certainly had to bite my tongue on occasion and live to fight another day, so to speak, on certain things. But when you're new and fresh, you come out and think, 'I don't want to screw my chance up, so I'll go along with what everybody else does.'”
“In that sense, what a great way to live, if you could always do things that interest you, and do them with people who interest you.”

Source : "Anthony Bourdain The ‘Parts Unknown’ Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. January 9, 2015.
“Who am I? What will I be? Why am I here? Where am I going?”
“The thing I absolutely hate is when directors don't know what they want, and then they ask you to do it this way, and then maybe that way, and maybe that way, because they haven't made up their minds what they want. So you're running around in circles trying to give them what they want.”

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