"Be real. Try to do what you say, say what you mean, and be what you seem."

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Source : Marian Wright Edelman (2013). “Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors”, p.213, Beacon Press

Marian Wright Edelman

#Real Quotes #Mean Quotes #Being Real Quotes

“I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful.”
“One is what one remembers: no more, no less.”
“I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them.”
“A man who cannot get angry is like a stream that cannot overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes indignation is as good as a thunderstorm in summer, clearing and cooling the air.”
“Commitment is mental determination to accept only EXCELLENCE no matter how difficult, uncomfortable, or stressful.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I want people to know there is more to Somalia than looting and piracy.”
“Chaos is a friend of mine.”
“Hitler: Thank you, whoever you are. I think you just saved my life. The Doctor: Believe me... It was an accident.”

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