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"Michelle: So my question is why you, Barack? Why do YOU need to be president?”
Barack: “...I know that the day I...take the oath to be president of the United States, the world will start looking at America differently...kids all around the country - Black...Hispanic...kids who don’t fit in - they’ll see themselves differently...their horizons lifted, their possibilities expanded...that would be worth it.”" — Dec 08, 2020 07:37AM
"Michelle: So my question is why you, Barack? Why do YOU need to be president?”
Barack: “...I know that the day I...take the oath to be president of the United States, the world will start looking at America differently...kids all around the country - Black...Hispanic...kids who don’t fit in - they’ll see themselves differently...their horizons lifted, their possibilities expanded...that would be worth it.”" — Dec 08, 2020 07:37AM
IRIN: And when the time comes, what would you like to be remembered for? RBG: Someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little
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“Being confused about choices is nothing more than hoping that maybe there is a way to get through life without taking charge.”
― The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter - And How to Make the Most of Them Now
― The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter - And How to Make the Most of Them Now
“The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.”
― Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
― Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
“Be glad. Be good. Be brave.”
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“How to be Like RBG:
Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges. Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
-Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Notorious RBG by
Irin Carmon”
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Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges. Don’t be afraid to take charge, think about what you want, then do the work, but then enjoy what makes you happy, bring along your crew, have a sense of humor.
-Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Notorious RBG by
Irin Carmon”
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“Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: "No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.”
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