Moving Forward Quotes - Page 31

• I don't claim to say, "All black women are like me," because they're not. One type of black woman can exist, but also another kind can exist. I also really hope that people feel permission to talk about their own troubles, but also to celebrate themselves. Sometimes I feel as though I'm trying to take a hit for the team so that other people then can move forward. I'm like, "Look, I just laid out all of my stuff, so what's the worst that can happen"?

  Morgan Parker

  Team, Moving, People

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• An artist or writer always has to move forward. All the time you're trying to improve yourself, or at least look at ways to improve things or make things better. I'm not really one to harp on previous records. I'm always looking forward to what I'm doing now, and what's ahead.

  Paul Weller

  Moving, Artist, Trying

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• I don't know who made up this sort of greatest-hits list for artists. If one artist isn't moving forward anymore, then it's assumed another one is going to take their place. With Francis Bacon's death, a whole genre of art died.

  Georg Baselitz

  Art, Moving, Artist

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• Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future. All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.

  Abdallah II

  Moving, Home, Needs

  Abdallah II's Speech at the Mideast summit in Aqaba, Jordan, edition.cnn.com. June 4, 2003.

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• Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward.

  Abdallah II

  Class, Years, Goal

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• I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people are going to fully appreciate what this reform is if we pass it and implement it and it becomes not a caricature but a reality, and I still believe that. So I think it will be easier to sell it moving forward than it was to this point.

  David Axelrod

  Believe, Moving, Reality

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• I've been sober now for a couple of years and I'm taking my sobriety very seriously - one day at a time and I am moving forward in my career.

  Daniel Baldwin

  Inspirational, Couple, Moving

  "Comeback Kid Daniel Baldwin Still Waiting for Lindsay Lohan to Call, Turned Down 'DWTS'" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. April 15, 2009.

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• When you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can't move forward.

  Mary J. Blige

  Moving

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• I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Moving, Writing, Interesting

  "Chef Anthony Bourdain". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 18, 2010.

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• I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

  George H. W. Bush

  Dream, Moving, Light

  1988 Republican National Convention Acceptance Address, delivered 18 August 1988, Superdome, New Orleans, LA

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• When you first start out, you are just happy to get a job, any job. And as time goes on, either you move forward or screech to a halt.

  George Clooney

  Jobs, Moving, Goes On

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• I definitely feel we're moving forward. There's a lot more understanding... there's less fear and we're working on there being less hatred.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Moving On, Hatred, Understanding

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• Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward.

  Robert Frost

  Moving, Circles, Style

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• Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, Country, Moving

  Interview with Jim White, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2002.

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• I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth, environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.

  Al Gore

  Country, Educational, Moving

  "Transcript: Vice President Gore on CNN's 'Late Edition'". www.cnn.com. March 9, 1999.

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• As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up.

  Tom Hanks

  Giving Up, Moving, Optimistic

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• When you realize that life isn't fair, you don't act out, you don't get overly wasted, you don't get self-indulgent. You just move forward.

  David Hasselhoff

  Moving, Self, Realizing

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• We can reach our potential, but to do so, we must reach within ourselves. We must summon the strength, the will, and the faith to move forward - to be bold - to invest in our future.

  John Hoeven

  Moving, Keep Moving Forward, Our Future

  "Guerrilla Marketing on the Internet: The Definitive Guide from the Father of Guerrilla Marketing". Book by Jay Levinson, Mitch Meyerson and Mary Eule Scarborough, August 1, 2008.

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• When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Light, Suffering, Energy

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• The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing.

  Alphonso Jackson

  Moving, Agency, Perspective

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• As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you - but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.

  LeBron James

  Moving, Athlete, Goal

  Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2011.

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• I think there's just an inherent burden of being alive and being a woman. No man would ever admit that, but I think women know it, which is: You know more than men, you know more than most people you're dealing with every day, and you know that's it up to you to make things move forward, and you get paid half as much, but you just do it.

  Rashida Jones

  Moving, Men, Thinking

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• Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.

  Jack Layton

  Justice, Proud, Care

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• The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.

  Ryan Lochte

  Moving, Trials, Olympics

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• I am positive - determined to move forward with my life, bring up my babies, and do the best job I can as a mother, entertainer, and person.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Mother, Baby, Jobs

  "Jennifer Lopez Gives Vanity Fair Her First Interview Since Announcing Her Divorce From Marc Anthony". Vanity Fair Interview, www.vanityfair.com. August 2, 2011.

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