“I want to raise my own baby. I don't want my baby crying for some other strange lady, some nanny. I am not down with that.” WantMy OwnCryStrangeBabyRaisesMy BabyNannies Author:Tionne Watkins
“This autobiography of mine is a mirror, and I am looking at myself in it all the time. Incidentally I notice the people that pass along at my back - I get glimpses of them in the mirror - and whenever they say or do anything that can help advertise me and flatter me and raise me in my own estimation, I set these things down in my autobiography.” PeopleHelpingMy OwnMinesMirrorsRaisesAutobiographyGlimpseEstimation Book:Autobiography of Mark Twain Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain
“In my books I might hold the mirror to my own face. If others would like to borrow the mirror, they're welcome. The books aren't there to accuse others - merely to raise issues and keep the debates alive.” IfsBookMightFacesMy OwnIssuesAliveMirrorsRaisesDebateWelcome Author:John Scott
“I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today - my own government.... There is something strangely inconsistent about a nation and a press that would praise you when you say, 'Be nonviolent toward Jim Clark,' but will curse and damn you when you say, 'Be nonviolent toward little brown Vietnamese children!' There is something wrong with that press.” WorldFirstsChildrenLittlesGovernmentTodayNationsVoiceMy OwnViolencePraiseRaisesPressesDamnCurseBrownOppressedWorld TodayGhettoInconsistentVietnameseDamn You Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Rock 'n' roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands I went that way because I wanted a home of my own. I had a family. I had to raise them. Let's don't leave out the economics. No way.” WayHomeBigsWantedMy OwnRocksBandEconomicsPaidRaisesAcceptedRock N Roll Author:Chuck Berry
“Honestly, I have s much respect for single moms or anybody who finds themselves a single mother, but to even choose to be single mother is just so courageous to me. It is such a hard job to raise a child and be everything to that child without a partner. It's just admirable and courageous and brave and every other valiant word I can think of. I don't know if I could do it on my own.” IfsThinkingKnowsChildrenI CanHardJobsMotherMy OwnMomRaisesBravePartnersHonestlyIf I CouldCourageousAdmirableSingle MomValiantSingle Mother Author:Jennifer Lopez
“When it comes to my vocabulary, I felt a responsibility when I was teaching to raise the bar of conversation in my classroom. And with my own students, I refused to let them use the phrase "I like" or "I don't like" when we were engaged in a critique.” UseFeltMy OwnResponsibilityTeachingStudentsConversationRaisesBarsPhrasesEngagedClassroomVocabularyCritiqueRaising The Bar Author:Tim Gunn
“I wish my parents had raised me in Manhattan because I think it's the greatest thing you can do for a kid is to raise them in New York City. I can see this with my own children.” ThinkingChildrenI CanKidsWishParentCan DoMy OwnCitiesNew YorkRaisesRaisedNew York CityManhattan Author:Woody Allen
“I have so fixed the habit in my own mind that I never raise a glass of water to my lips without a moment's asking of God's blessing. I never seal a letter without putting a word of prayer under the seal. I never take a letter from the post without a brief sending of my thoughts heavenward. I never change classes in the section room without a minute's petition on the cadets who go out and those who come in.” MindWarMomentsWaterMy OwnPrayerRoomsClassMinutesHabitBlessingLettersAskingRaisesLipsGlassesPostsFixedSectionsMy ThoughtsNever ChangeSealsPetitionsConfederateSilent PrayerCadets Author:Stonewall Jackson