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It was not until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s that Congress got serious about the assignment laid out in the post-Civil War amendments.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: About Amendment Assignment Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Civil War Congress Got Laid Movement Out Rights Rights Movement Serious Until War 1950S

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Color always vexed me because I would fight with the media I was using. I love coloring in Photoshop, and it's freed me to pursue ideas and techniques I wouldn't have otherwise attempted. Since I get to take an assignment from concept to final execution, I have more freedom in my idea-making processes.

~Adam Hughes

Topics: Always Assignment Attempted Because Color Concept Execution Fight Final Freed Freedom Get Ideas Love Me Media More Otherwise Photoshop Processes Pursue Since Take Techniques Using Would I Love

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Either I need an assignment with a strict deadline - like something for a movie or a TV show or whatever - or else I need to create a made-up deadline for myself for my own records. Otherwise, I don't write anything.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Anything Assignment Create Deadline Either Else Like Movie My Own Myself Need Otherwise Own Records Show Something Strict Tv Tv Show Whatever Write

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If you're not making use of even the most routine assignment to learn something, realize that many of your colleagues and coworkers are.

~Adena Friedman

Topics: Assignment Colleagues Coworkers Even Learn Making Many Most Realize Routine Something Use You Your

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I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment.

~Alain Resnais

Topics: Am Assignment Been Driven Every Film Made Never I Am

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When I switched to screenplays - 'cause I had done musicals and plays - the first assignment in film school was, you have to write a silent film. And it's tremendously helpful to learn how to do that because dialogue can be a crutch. If you can master a silent film, you're golden.

~Allison Schroeder

Topics: Assignment Because Cause Crutch Dialogue Done Film Film School First Golden Had Helpful How Learn Master Musicals Plays School Screenplays Silent Switched Tremendously Write You

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As an intern for Vice President Walter Mondale, I arrived the first day ready to write policy memos and change the world... but my assignment was doing an inventory of the furniture.

~Amy Klobuchar

Topics: Arrived Assignment Change Change The World Day Doing First Furniture Intern Inventory Policy President Ready Vice Vice President World Write

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I had a high school English teacher who made me really work at writing. And once, when I got an assignment back, she'd written: 'This is so good, Andrew. This should be published!' That made a big impression on me.

~Andrew Clements

Topics: Andrew Assignment Back Big English English Teacher Good Got Had High High School Impression Made Me Once Published Really School She Should Teacher Who Work Writing Written

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Be open to opportunity and take risks. In fact, take the worst, the messiest, the most challenging assignment you can find, and then take control.

~Angela Braly

Topics: Assignment Challenging Control Fact Find In Fact Most Open Opportunity Risks Take Then Worst You

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If it's necessary to join a caucus and get a committee assignment, I'll do it.

~Angus King

Topics: Assignment Caucus Committee Get Join Necessary

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