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'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end. ↗

— Ben Jonson

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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone. ↗

— Janis Joplin

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I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

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Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

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We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

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If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in September of the election year, they could have won the election. ↗

— Hamilton Jordan

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If our family was an airline, Mom was the hub and we were the spokes. You rarely went anywhere nonstop; you went via Mom, who directed the traffic flow and determined the priorities: which family member was cleared for takeoff or landing. Even my father was not immune to Mom's scheduling, though he was given more leeway than the rest of us. ↗

— Will Schwalbe

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Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. ↗

— Michael Jordan

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Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too. ↗

— Michael Jordan

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I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life. ↗

— Michael Jordan

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