#ant

In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal. ↗

— Rick Warren

#fame #illegal #immigrant #influence #legal

I had said before that I'd never write an autobiography because I've been around, and there's a lot that I've seen and heard that stays with me. That's just mine. I didn't want to do a kiss-and-tell, as some of my peers have. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#autobiography #because #been #before #had

I have no desire to look back, I only want to look forward to the things that are still ahead of me. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#back #desire #forward #i #look

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#careers #davis #ella #ella fitzgerald #emulate

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#brothers #color #men #our #them

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. ↗

— George Washington

#appellation #before #entitled #friendship #growth

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. ↗

— George Washington

#growth #liberty #plant #rapid #rapid growth

I want to direct. It's something that I know I'll be really good at. ↗

— Gedde Watanabe

#good #i #know #really #something

I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped. ↗

— Harold Washington

#i #mayor #really #want #who

I think sometimes in life we want to ignore the problems of society and just think about the good. I believe in positive thinking and affirmative living, I also think it's really important to remember all of our disenfranchised members of society. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#affirmative #also #believe #disenfranchised #good