"By choosing a woman to run for your nation's second highest office, you send a powerful signal to all Americans. There are no doors we cannot unlock. We will place no limits on achievement."

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Source : Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 19 July 1984 at the Democratic National Convention, San Francisco

Geraldine Ferraro

#Running Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Doors Quotes

“Well, I didn't need them. I didn't need anyone. I was Lola Rose. I just wished I looked more like my idea of Lola Rose.”

Source : Jacqueline Wilson (2008). “Lola Rose”, p.140, Random House
“It's hard to not make a mistake at Darlington.”
“An army of experts assured us on a daily basis that this boom couldn't possibly crash like previous booms because this boom was still going on whereas all previous booms had ended.”
“We are all . . . children of this universe. Not just Earth, or Mars, or this system, but the whole grand fireworks. And if we are interested in Mars at all, it is only because we wonder over our past and worry terribly about our possible future.”
“I am qualified for this position, have a right to run for it, and am in the race.”
“I'm glad that my journey has been gradual and slow, instead of instant, because that allowed me to grow and discover who I am before I was thrown into the world. I'm happy I didn't start acting professionally as a kid/teen; looking back, I don't think I was ready.”

Source : Source: www.nerdprobs.com
“Life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough.”

Source : "Song: 'C.R.E.A.M.'". 1993.
“I wasn't driven to acting by any inner compulsion. I was running away from the sporting goods business.”

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