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I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in 1974. And I got my doctorate in 1975. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#festival #full-time #got #graduate #graduate school

I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation in Movement demonstrations in my hometown, December, 1961. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#civil #civil rights #civil rights movement #december #demonstrations

Personally I discovered that you could go through the academy as a young scholar, come out, and almost immediately have an impact on the academic environment. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#academy #almost #come #could #discovered

The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#african american #american #among #arkansas #communities

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom. ↗

— Patti Smith

#freedom #me #punk #punk rock #rock

A song has to become as much a part of you as a tailored suit. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#much #part #song #suit #tailored

Women today have more of an overview of their lives and how marriage is or is not a part of it. ↗

— Helen Reddy

#how #lives #marriage #more #overview

I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business. ↗

— Helen Reddy

#business #couple #department #department store #even

I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms. ↗

— Orville Redenbacher

#farm #farms #i #indiana #manager

You should take some responsibility for the way you present yourself. But you should not be hung up on your looks, whether you are ugly or handsome, because it isn't an achievement. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

#because #handsome #hung #looks #present