"Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can't get a job. And if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care. And that's the story that we're not seeing. And it's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out of children wedlock."

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Source : Source: www.npr.org

Anna Holmes

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“I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.”
“As an entrepreneur, I try to push the limits. Pedal to the metal.”

Source : "Travis Kalanick: Uber-capitalist who wants to have the world in the back of his cabs" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. December 20, 2014.
“If I hadn't been told I was garbage, I wouldn't have learned how to show people I'm talented. And if everyone had always laughed at my jokes, I wouldn't have figured out how to be so funny. If they hadn't told me I was ugly, I never would have searched for my beauty. And if they hadn't tried to break me down, I wouldn't know that I'm unbreakable.”

Source : "Gabourey Sidibe makes inspirational speech at Ms. Foundation gala" by Alison Rowley, www.digitalspy.com. May 2, 2014.
“I guess I hit a point while I was in college when I realized I would have to do something with my life!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is almost as presumptuous to think you can do nothing as to think you can do everything.”

Source : Phillips Brooks, John Cotton Brooks (1910). “Sermons: The candle of the Lord, and other sermons”
“You can expect to see a robust discussion and representation of those issues throughout the convention program. Not just from the nominee, but through other vehicles as well. Expect to see the African-American community, the Latino community, the LGBT community, and others represented on stage and in the substance of our policies throughout the week.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“I imagined Kandinsky's mind, spread out all over the world, and then gathered together. Everyone having only a piece of the puzzle. Only in a show like this could you see the complete picture, stack the pieces up, hold them to the light, see how it all fit together. It made me hopeful, like someday my life would make sense too, if I could just hold all the pieces together at the same time.”
“Some family trees bear an enormous crop of nuts.”

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