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For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#america #barack #before #beginning #day

We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#been #behave #democratic #fair #focus

I love Vancouver. I can be with my family, I can reconnect with the guys. It will always be my home. ↗

— Joshua Jackson

#family #guys #home #i #i can

I married him because he told me it was the only way he could protect me. If we were just manager and client, my family could do whatever they wanted to get me back, but if I was his wife, they couldn't. ↗

— LaToya Jackson

#because #client #could #family #get

People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me. ↗

— LaToya Jackson

#american family #book #destroyed #family #had

My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#mother #perfection #she #wonderful

A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it. ↗

— Ida Tarbell

#easily #hold #lays #mind #really

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was. ↗

— Peter Jackson

#childhood #direct #directing #i #know

Every label thinks, when they sign someone, 'This is the perfect pedigree to sign. They're cute, they can sing, they can dance, et cetera.' And they say to the public, 'Here, this is what you're gonna like.' But you might say, 'No, I don't like that!' You'll probably say 'no' many more times than you'll say 'yes!' ↗

— Randy Jackson

#cute #dance #every #gonna #here

I'm not as angry as I used to be. But I can get in touch with that anger pretty quickly if I feel my space is being invaded or somebody is not treating me with the respect that I think I want. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#angry #being #feel #get #i