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Howard University shocked me into realizing how desperately sick the Negro could be, how he could be led into self-destruction, and how he would not realize that it was the society that had forced him into a great sickness.

~Amiri Baraka

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TARP became so politicized that having money from it was almost like a scarlet letter. There were debates over compensation, worry that the rules were going to get changed. All the banks were desperately rushing to get that money back as soon as possible - in part, so they could pay themselves bonuses without any government restrictions.

~Andrew Ross Sorkin

Topics: Almost Any Back Banks Became Changed Compensation Could Debates Desperately Get Going Government Having Letter Like Money Over Part Pay Possible Restrictions Rules Rushing Scarlet Soon Themselves Were Without Worry

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Our young people desperately want the chance to participate in and lead our nation's economic and cultural revival. They're up for the challenges that they're going to inherit. It only remains for us to present the path to address them.

~Andrew Yang

Topics: Address Challenges Chance Cultural Desperately Economic Going Inherit Lead Nation Only Our Participate Path People Present Remains Revival Them Up Us Want Young Young People

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I guess I so desperately want to see us put this planet right. It's so horrifying to me that a fifth of us are starving every night, and that forty thousand children die every single day.

~Ann Druyan

Topics: Children Day Desperately Die Every Every Night Every Single Day Fifth Forty Guess Horrifying Me Night Planet Put Right See Single Single Day Starving Thousand Us Want

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I'm sure we've all had that annoying experience when we desperately need a flashlight, we find one, and the batteries are out. Imagine how much money we would save and the amount of toxins leached into the soil, etc., reduced if we didn't use any batteries in flashlights!

~Ann Makosinski

Topics: Amount Annoying Any Batteries Desperately Etc Experience Find Had How How Much How Much Money Imagine Money Much Need Out Reduced Save Soil Sure Use Would

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When you're used to being healthy and strong and vibrant and everything and then - bang - overnight you're desperately ill, it's frightening.

~Ann Romney

Topics: Bang Being Desperately Everything Frightening Healthy Ill Overnight Strong Then Used Vibrant You

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To not be self-conscious of your appearance is huge, and something that I desperately hope to carry into film at some point in my useless life - to not be thinking, 'My ear looks weird from this angle, why is the camera over there?'

~Anna Kendrick

Topics: Angle Appearance Camera Carry Desperately Ear Film Hope Huge Life Looks Over Point Self-Conscious Some Something Thinking Useless Weird Why Your

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Sometimes I think God loves the ones who most desperately ache and are most desperately lost - his or her wildest, most messed-up children - the way you'd ache and love a screwed-up rebel daughter in juvenile hall.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Aches Children Daughter Desperately God Hall Her His Juvenile Lost Love Loves Most Rebel Screwed-Up Sometimes Think Way Who Wildest You I Think

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We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.

~Anne Sullivan

Topics: Chains Cling Commonplace Desperately Escape Existence Imagine Our Selfish Want

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I was desperately shy when I was wee. Totally lacked confidence socially. When I look back at school photographs, I'm always the one shrinking in the back. What I really wanted to do was become a writer, and I don't think the residue of that has ever gone away. I still feel the ultimate achievement would be to write a novel.

~Anne-Marie Duff

Topics: Achievement Always Away Back Become Confidence Desperately Ever Feel Gone Look Novel Photographs Really School Shrinking Shy Socially Still Think Totally Ultimate Wanted Wee Would Write Writer

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