#nat

I realized that in those nine seasons I started out at about 225 pounds and I felt, you know, full figured fabulous woman but in those seasons I gained 75 pounds up to over 300 pounds all in front of the nation. ↗

— Star Jones

#fabulous #felt #figured #front #full

All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#been #creative #creative life #educated #grow

It's no fun to be a struggling young actor. It's a desperate thing, no way to be happy. If you have any alternative, you should take it. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#alternative #any #be happy #desperate #fun

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#common good #each #formed #good #nation

But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#america #become #cease #city #collection

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#future #government #invigorated #nation #participate

Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#concept #conscience #deeply #derived #firmly

There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#american people #community #decision #executive #form

Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#democratic party #history #looked #many #nation

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#community #future #national #national community #our