"I wasn't driven. I just really loved what I did."

-- Jo Stafford

“It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.”
“I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every breast . . . would have sympathized with oppression wherever found, and proved their love of liberty beyond their own share of it.”
“What can you do by killing? Nothing. You kill one dog, the master buys another-that's all there is to it.”
“Too much quiet left me depressed and consuming condiments for meals.”
“It's me. I chose this. I chose all of this â€” this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. Iâ€™ve been moving towards it my whole life.”
“People feel that in too many ways the EU is something that is done to them, not something over which they have a say.”
“It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.”
“Instead of waiting for opportunities to be handed to us, we need to create them. We need to advocate for ourselves.”

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