"When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do."

-- Dorothy Height

#Black Quotes #Want Quotes #Black Women Quotes

“In five years, you're going to be blown away by the strength and diversity of Michigan's transformed economy.”

Source : Jennifer Granholm, Daniel Granholm Mulhern (2011). “A Governor's Story: The Fight for Jobs and America's Economic Future”, p.74, PublicAffairs
“I'm a comic geek, I love playing video games and I love reading comics.”
“Thoughts turn to other's just a little more this time of year. Days grow shorter and memories grow longer. Families and friends gather in celebration or hope. Giving is a reflection of our love and caring for each other and those less fortunate. May your thoughts turn to gratitude this holiday season and carry on throughout the next year...”
“Your spikes have gone floppy,”
“Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.”

Source : Michael Shermer (2016). “Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye”, p.111, Henry Holt and Company
“The seed is the fetus, in other words, a true plant with its parts (that is, its leaves, of which there are usually two, its stalk or stem, and its bud) completely fashioned.”
“You can only judge anything that happened in the times, in the times that that happened.”

Source : "Terrorist or Peace-Maker? An Exclusive Interview with Gerry Adams, Former Head of the I.R.A". Interview with Johann Hari, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2009.
“Please say this gas bill is just an estimate”

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