Strong Quotes - Page 18

• I turned down five million dollars from a lobbyist who wanted to put up $5m for my campaign, a very strong lobbyist. I said, I don't want your money.

  Donald Trump

  Dollars, Campaigns, Want

  Source: www.economist.com

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• I do have a big heart. In America, we're going to take care of everybody. We're going to have a very strong border. We're going to have a very solid border. Where you have great people that are here that have done a good job, they should be far less worried.

  Donald Trump

  Jobs, Heart, America

  Source: fortune.com

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• The South actually has a very strong tradition of activism. The civil rights movement came from down here! It was black activists demanding that their voices be heard. People say these are red states. No they're not!

  John Darnielle

  Rights, Voice, People

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I will say it's great - that Method Man - Cliff Smith - plays a rapper in a laundromat who is working out some lyrics sort of to the rhythm of a washing machine. And something about hip-hop culture and hip-hop is the ability to use current language and slang and reference details of life is very, very strong for me.

  Jim Jarmusch

  Men, Rapper, Details Of Life

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Wherever people defend the rights of the individual, I stand with them above all, over and beyond any wishes relating to how an economy should be managed or how people should govern themselves. This is a very strong commitment on my part.

  Murray Bookchin

  Commitment, Rights, People

  Interview with Jeff Riggenbach, reason.com. October 1979.

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• New England has a strong tradition of localism. What is ordinarily called election day in most of the United States is called town meeting day in Vermont.

  Murray Bookchin

  United States, Vermont, Towns

  Source: robertgraham.wordpress.com

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• I think [John Adams's] influence on the federal Constitution was indirect. Many including James Madison mocked the first volume of Adams's Defence of the Constitutions of the United States in 1787. But his Massachusetts constitution was a model for those who thought about stable popular governments, with its separation of powers, its bicameral legislature, its independent judiciary, and its strong executive.

  Gordon S. Wood

  Independent, Thinking, Government

  Source: www.theimaginativeconservative.org

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• Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong, they are weak, but he is strong.

  Reba McEntire

  Jesus, Littles, Weak

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The energy of compassion is very strong. We suffer. That is real. But we have learned not to get angry and not to allow ourselves to be carried by anger. We realize right away that that is fear. That is corruption.

  Nhat Hanh

  Real, Compassion, Suffering

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• I believe that if you really have a strong idea, you can say, "What do you think? Let's see how my idea plays off yours."

  Julie Taymor

  Believe, Thinking, Play

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• Certainly I'm not saying that you sit down and patiently accept injustice. I'm talking about a very strong force, where you stand up with all your might against an evil system, and you are not a coward.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Talking, Evil, Coward

  Source: www.theatlantic.com

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• America is a new country, and maybe patriotism helps Americans create unity, since it is a melting pot. But nationalism in Europe has a strong history, as you may know.

  Thomas Bangalter

  Country, Europe, America

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I have a very strong belief in what I like, or a very strong opinion in genre films that I like to watch.

  Chad Stahelski

  Watches, Belief, Opinion

  Source: movieweb.com

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• I'm one of those people who feels like I have to be strong for those people who may not be able to find that strength. I feel like I have to speak up for those people whose voices go unheard.

  Ibtihaj Muhammad

  Voice, People, May

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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• I think [The Outsiders] really forged who I am as an actor, and it's one of the reasons why I keep being drawn to big ensembles where I'm surrounded by strong, successful actors or personalities. Because that was my initial foray into movie making.

  Rob Lowe

  Successful, Thinking, Who I Am

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Surround yourself with like-minded, strong people, use your voices and choose courage over fear.

  Lilly Singh

  Voice, People, Use

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• Our family really didn't have a car; we had my dad's police cruiser. Later he got a Buick, and that's what I was driving when I had a wreck. I'm lucky it was as big and strong as it was, because that Buick is what saved my life.

  Burt Reynolds

  Dad, Car, Police

  Source: www.caranddriver.com

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• [Peter Norman] was a man of principle and pride, had a strong moral character.

  John Carlos

  Character, Pride, Men

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think it's something that we said collectively, in terms of the fact that we was getting ready to face probably the biggest storms of our life, and we had to stand strong for what we believe in and carry on the legacy we just laid down for society.

  John Carlos

  Believe, Thinking, Storm

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Donald Trump is a strong president. We got to stand behind this guy is what I think.

  Stephen Colbert

  Thinking, Guy, President

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The most important part of [Russian] support is the aerial support, which is very essential, they have very strong firepower, and at the same time they are the main supply of our army for more than sixty years, so our army depends on the Russian support in different military domains.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Military, Army, Years

  Source: www.globalresearch.ca

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• [Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood - learning about all these elements and aspects of her was mind-blowing and educational for me as a woman because I have to sometimes remind people that have known me for years, even in past relationships, that I'm still a woman, I still have vulnerabilities even though my aesthetic feels strong, powerful and full of all of the wisdom in the world, I'm still growing and becoming.

  Aisha Hinds

  Powerful, Educational, Past

  Source: lasentinel.net

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• My sister is a teacher, so I am a strong support of teachers, but I'm not going to be bound by just a certain way of talking about these things, in order for us to move forward on behalf of our kids.

  Barack Obama

  Teacher, Moving, Kids

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got paid throughout American history, through a strong union.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Athlete, Common Decency, Ncaa

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• There's so much about the strong black woman stereotype that makes us forget that we do need and deserve help and care.

  Morgan Parker

  Black, Needs, Care

  "There’s Poetry About Beyoncé Now - And It’s Amazing". Interview with Becca Andrews, www.motherjones.com. February 15, 2017.

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