"I wanted to show the history and strength of all kinds of black women. Working women, country women, urban women, great women in the history of the United States,"

-- Elizabeth Catlett

#Country Quotes #Black Quotes #United States Quotes

“Compromise is an imperfect act.”
“Just because you have teenagers in a movie doesn't make it a teen movie.”
“I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a human embryo is the moral equivalent of a hangnail and deserves no more respect than an appendix.”
“And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up”
“We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.”
“People are at their happiest if they are true to themselves. I think that applies to their chosen profession, friends and relationships. It goes for your health too. If you are true to yourself, it seems to me everything should work out pretty well”
“There's no way running on a beach or at some high school playground that you're going to get in football shape like you do when you practice.”
“But keep on working and hoping still. For in spite of the grumblers who stand about, somehow, it seems, all things work out.”

Source : Edgar Albert Guest (1926). “The Light of Faith”

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