Millwright Local 1693 Quotes & Sayings

When I lived in the city, I had learned to close my door against a lot of the noise, but when I open my door here, I'm not opening into the possibility that I'm going to run into somebody or be faced with a hundred choices about what I'm going to do, or which cafe I'm going to go to, or which way to distract myself. — Dani Shapiro

I was born black and female. — Lorraine Hansberry

Most disability charity hinges on that notion - that you need to send your money in quick before all these poor, pitiful people die. Peddling pity brings in the bucks, yo. — Stella Young

Clearly his inner teenage girl was trying to claw her way to the surface. — Piper Vaughn

Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and a fair athlete, but my skills didn't come close to some of the players I saw. — Walter Dean Myers

Until Systers came into existence, the notion of a global 'community of women in computer science' did not exist. — Anita Borg

As daughters of our Heavenly Father, and as daughters of Eve, we are all mothers and we have always been mothers. And we each have the responsibility to love and help lead the rising generation. — Sheri L. Dew

A fool learns nothing from a wise man; but a wise man learns from a fool. — Gautama Buddha

And, therefore, seeing he doth not intercede and pray for every one, he did not die for every one. — John Owen

When you have a sound mind, you can do what's necessary. — Evander Holyfield

Trying to balance chivalry with equality, I always open a door for a Lady ... then stick my foot out — Josh Stern

Politics is a subordinate matter; its form of appearance constantly changes depending on the needs of the masses, the same way cocottes adjust to the needs of men by transforming and masking themselves. Because of that it is not fundamental. That is about what endures, what is unique, what is in the stream of illusions - what is eliminated from the workings of the shadows. — Max Beckmann

The great, God-blessed churches in the world today have one common characteristic: an insistence upon an exposition of God's infallible Word. — O. S. Hawkins

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature. — Edward Hopper

True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection. — Dalai Lama