#poke

This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different from standard English than any other dialect spoken in continental North America. ↗

— William Labov

#african american #america #american #any #continental

I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#for the people #free #i #myself #people

I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#believed #contract #i #long-range #myself

Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced. ↗

— Edward Norton

#element #faced #life #like #poker

I was brought up in black neighborhoods in South Baltimore. And we really felt like we were very black. We acted black and we spoke black. When I was a kid growing up, where I came from, it was hip to be black. To be white was kind of square. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#baltimore #black #brought #came #felt

My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if we belonged to different generations. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#before #belonged #brother #considerably #different

When I was 12 years old, I read 'Nancy Drew' mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about girls who love horses or go to nursing school. I belonged to the Girl Scouts and got A's in school and rarely disobeyed my parents. I still kept a collection of Barbie dolls in my room, and I almost never spoke to boys. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

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One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

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I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that it's too late by college. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#before #bit #college #congress #done

A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough. ↗

— Larry McMurtry

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