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I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, again, non-traditional candidates. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

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The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

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I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

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Music is my life - acting's just a hobby. ↗

— Steve Burns

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We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#get #interest #money #much #never

The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy. ↗

— Tommy Chong

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I'm from the US of A. Born in Des Moines, raised in the New York suburbs. ↗

— Stephen Collins

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The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst. ↗

— Jim Costa

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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

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Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society. ↗

— Jacques Ellul

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