Barbara Jordan Quotes

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

Barbara Jordan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 21, 1936 - January 17, 1996

Topics

ResponsibilityI AmControlBeyond

People who aren't perhaps that into sport are going to be following me and wanting to be part of the Olympics. That definitely does bring added pressure but as an athlete the Olympics are the ultimate competition.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

CompetitionPeopleMePressureBring

People offer me loads of stuff, and some of it I like, but I just can't do it because I can't write it all. So I might get in the position where I have some sort of company and just write maybe the first episode, but these are love projects, in a way.

Michael Hirst

LovePeopleMeWayWriteFirst

Whether the theater is 1,000 seats or 500 seats or 200 seats, you have to make sure the person in the back of the theater can hear you and understand you. So there's a lot of articulation and a lot of voice in theater that really just isn't necessary when it comes to dealing with the camera.

Sterling K. Brown

VoiceCameraYouBackPersonSure

I'm not a child star, but you could say that I've grown up on TV. I went from being an unknown, down-and-out comic from Brooklyn and the Bronx to being a regular character on a major network comedy called 'Martin.' From there I went on to become the most notable black comic on 'Saturday Night Live' since Eddie Murphy.

Tracy Morgan

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The movies I watch and the music I listen to and the books I read - those are important to me. It's very important to me, and I don't know what I would do without those things.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

MusicMeKnowImportantMovies

The writing became a hobby in the background: it took a back seat to parenthood and being a person and being a human being.

Dolores O'Riordan

WritingHobbyBackPersonHuman

I think an individual's mind is a marvellous thing. I truly believe that if your mind is strong, your body tries hard to keep pace with it.

Dev Anand

MindBelieveStrongThinkBodyHard

Never underestimate the power of a simple tool.

Craig Bruce

PowerSimpleUnderestimateNever

If anybody is a master at improvisation, it would be Ken Jeong. He is hilarious.

Anneliese van der Pol

MasterImprovisationWouldHeKen

When we classify an issue as a 'shield issue' it is usually because we feel that someone else occupies the high ground on that issue. We feel we can't win on that issue and so we adopt a defensive posture.

Preston Manning

WinFeelSomeoneGroundHighShield

I have a lot of energy. Energy's a very huge thing in our family. None of us need caffeine; we're just high-energy people.

Poppy Delevingne

FamilyPeopleEnergyNeedCaffeine

The bottom line is, there're a lot of conservatives that don't feel Donald Trump is conservative, right? Or, he's not their brand of conservatism... and there's a lot of people who don't have a seat on the inside who used to have a seat on the inside.

Sean Duffy

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