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My grandmother, who picked cotton, and my mom, who picked cotton as a child - my grandmother had a work ethic. She had 13 children that she had to raise and ended up for a time moving into the projects, but because my grandmother had a work ethic, she didn't stay in the projects... that's not how she wanted to raise her children. Derrick Grayson
Work Time Mom Projects Stay Cotton Had Picked She Because How Up Child Ended Children Wanted Moving Work Ethic Ethic Grandmother Who Her Raise
We're not perfect, and there are some dark patches in our past, but what makes us special is that we recognize these evils, we come to grips with them, and we fix them. Dianne Feinstein
Dark Not Perfect Past Our Evils Recognize Some Perfect Come Makes Fix Patches Them Grips Us Special
We have no regulation of drones in the United States in their commercial use. You can see drones some day hovering over the homes of Hollywood luminaries, violating privacy. This question has to be addressed. And we need rules of operation on the border, by police, by commercial use, and also by military and intelligence use. Dianne Feinstein
Day You Privacy Intelligence Police Military States Rules Border See Some Drones Over Also Operation Hovering Question Commercial Hollywood Use Regulation United Homes United States Violating Need
I think people are going to return to sanity when they see how ridiculous many of these charges are, and how the predictions are not borne out. Dixie Lee Ray
People Think Out Charges See Borne Return How Going Predictions Sanity Many Ridiculous
One good analogy is worth three hours discussion. Dudley Field Malone
Good Worth Three Analogy Hours Discussion
Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education. Ed Markey
Education Future Our We Cannot Percent Only Although Provide Child Afford Any Children Cannot Population
A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Power Revolution Correction Abuse Reform Transfer
How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together. Ehud Olmert
History Together People Fear Political Fears National Differences Live Circumstances Born Emotional Because How Tradition Cannot
Never far from my thoughts are memories of being a little girl in Queens, N.Y., our family of five crowded in a small one-bedroom apartment, struggling to learn English and survive a new life in a new country, America. We humbly and gratefully still recall the kindnesses shown by strangers and neighbors who became new friends. Elaine Chao
Life Family Thoughts Memories New Life Girl Country Strangers Our Neighbors Small Crowded Struggling Never New Learn Became New Friends Still Queens Friends Five Survive America Being Apartment Little Far Little Girl English Who Shown Recall Humbly
Activists have every right to espouse their views of utopia. Elaine Chao
Every Views Activists Utopia Right
To foster entrepreneurship, expansion and job creation, more leaders at all levels of government have to demonstrate some understanding of what it takes to build and grow businesses in the private sector. Elaine Chao
Government Job Build Understanding Creation Job Creation Sector Some More Entrepreneurship Takes Leaders Demonstrate Private Private Sector Expansion Businesses Foster Grow Levels
I have a moral conscience that is real central. Elijah Cummings
Moral Real Central Conscience
We know we cannot underestimate the importance of emergency planning in our region, nor can we assume we'll have ample warning time. If an earthquake or terrorist attack hits, we won't necessarily have advance alerts or opportunities to double- and triple-check our plans. Ellen Tauscher
Time Opportunities Assume Our Earthquake We Cannot Emergency Attack Advance Underestimate Importance Know Terrorist Terrorist Attack Nor Hits Cannot Region Double Warning Planning Plans Ample Necessarily
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country. Ellen Wilkinson
Time Women Country Prison Sit Starved Given Take Part House House Of Commons Commons Might Worked Hard Lives
You know the trait of a crocodile, don't you? It never hunts outside water. It always goes into the water to catch its prey. It never goes in the villages or in the bush looking for food. It strikes at the appropriate time. So a good guerrilla leader strikes at the appropriate time. Emmerson Mnangagwa
Time Good Food You Water Leader Looking Guerrilla Appropriate Strikes Hunt Crocodile Prey Outside Never Catch Know Always Trait Goes Bush Villages
I see myself a humble man, and I tell you I have no ambitions to be president. Emmerson Mnangagwa
Myself You Man Humble Ambition President Tell See
History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen. Enoch Powell
History Everybody Would Never Knew Happen Which Littered Wars
During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected. Everett Dirksen
Political Campaign Political Will Busy Too Everyone Except He Concerned Question Campaign Wondering Candidate Elected
Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage. Frances Perkins
History Man Courage Problems Long Met Sense Experiment Carried Out Solved Long History Most Been Common Either Common Sense Race Planet Whole Based
Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway. Frank A. Clark
You Will Cart Upset Anyway Rot Why Why Not Apple Apples
I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it. Frank A. Clark
Best Problem Humor Think Finding Solving Some Next Thing
The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it. Frank A. Clark
Ignorance Those Share Much Reason Who Eager
A conservative is a liberal who got mugged the night before. Frank Rizzo
Conservative Before Liberal Got Mugged Who Night
Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. Galeazzo Ciano
Victory Defeat Fathers Hundred Orphan
We must continue to step in and stand up to resist reckless rhetoric and actions in a peaceful and forceful manner. Gavin Newsom
Reckless Must Step Forceful Continue Up Rhetoric Manner Stand Stand Up Actions Peaceful Resist
If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon. George Aiken
Morning Wake Up Other Everyone Would Find Some Color Causes Were Noon Wake Up Same Race Prejudice Creed
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