"if I fall, I will fall five-feet four-inches forward in the fight for freedom."

-- Fannie Lou Hamer

#Freedom Quotes #Fall Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“Rajni Sir is very dedicated and punctual. It was great experience acting with him both as a person and as an actor. The way he maintains himself is amazing.”
“I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger.”
“An average English word is four letters and a half. By hard, honest labor I've dug all the large words out of my vocabulary and shaved it down till the average is three and a half... I never write metropolis for seven cents, because I can get the same money for city. I never write policeman, because I can get the same price for cop.... I never write valetudinarian at all, for not even hunger and wretchedness can humble me to the point where I will do a word like that for seven cents; I wouldn't do it for fifteen.”
“It's never too late to fix things with people you love, Massie. Kendra said. That's true. William agreed.”
“In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died - an entire town destroyed”
“The man who loves home best, and loves it most unselfishly, loves his country best.”
“I respect women like Gloria Steinem who paved the way. But when you say 'feminist' now, there is a message that if you are sexy and you acknowledge that part of your personality publicly, then it's somehow an affront to women. And I reject that.”
“I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'”

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