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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government. ↗

— Harold Washington

#american #american history #democracy #federal #federal government

So many struggled so that all of us could have a voice in this great democracy and live up to the first three words of our constitution: We the people. I love that phrase so much. Throughout our country's history, we've expanded the meaning of that phrase to include more and more of us. That's what it means to move forward. ↗

— Kerry Washington

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I never accepted the idea that I was all through. I guess no person who has once been a star can do that, ever. ↗

— Ethel Waters

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That Mississippi sound, that Delta sound is in them old records. You can hear it all the way through. ↗

— Muddy Waters

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Now, honestly, every movie set that I go on, I walk onto set with the confidence that there is nothing that they can throw at me that's gonna surprise me. ↗

— Emily Watson

#every #go #gonna #honestly #i

I'm a multidimensional person and that's the freedom of fashion: that you're able to reinvent yourself through how you dress and how you cut your hair or whatever. ↗

— Emma Watson

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Now, honestly, every movie set that I go on, I walk onto set with the confidence that there is nothing that they can throw at me that's gonna surprise me. ↗

— Emma Watson

#every #go #gonna #honestly #i

Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting. ↗

— James D. Watson

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I think we're probably only about halfway through the number of revelations. I'm pretty certain there will be quite detailed stuff on other uses of covert surveillance. I suspect that emails will be the next scandal. And devices that track people moving around. That's just starting to come out. ↗

— Tom A. Watson

#around #certain #come #covert #detailed

I don't need to hear Bill to go through a song. I need to hear Keith to go through a song. I know Bill will be playing what I'm playing anyway. I need to hear Keith because it's all there: the time, the chord changes, and all the licks you have to follow. ↗

— Charlie Watts

#because #bill #changes #chord #follow