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People have criticised me because my security detail is larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: are there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you there are. ↗

— Marion Berry

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The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice. ↗

— Marion Berry

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I'd never really thought about it before, but now you ask I can see that how my parents handled money definitely affected my relationship with it. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

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Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#fill #house #i #like #mum

Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities. ↗

— Mary Frances Berry

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The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader. ↗

— Mary Frances Berry

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When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise. ↗

— Mary Frances Berry

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All right, every day ain't going to be the best day of your life, don't worry about that. If you stick to it you hold the possibility open that you will have better days. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#best #better #day #days #every

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#home #nonsense #others #philosophies #ride

My brother spent a large portion of the agonizingly slow drive to school banging his forehead on the stearing wheel. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#michelle-hodkin #the-unbecoming-of-mara-dyer #funny