Grace Lee Boggs quote: "I had no idea what I was gonna do after I got my degree in philosophy in 1940. But what I did know was at that time, if you were a Chinese-American, even department stores wouldn't hire you. They'd come right out and say, 'We don't hire Orientals.'"

When I was growing up, Asians were so few and far between as to be almost invisible. And so the idea...
GRACE LEE BOGGS

I don't know what the next American revolution is going to be like, but we might be able to imag...
GRACE LEE BOGGS

Jimmy Boggs was born in a little town called Marion Junction, Alabama, where there were as many pigs...
GRACE LEE BOGGS

I warn you, I'm a terrible housekeeper.
GRACE LEE BOGGS

The physical threat posed by climate change represents a crisis that is not only material but also p...
GRACE LEE BOGGS

Still, it becomes clearer every day that organizing or joining massive protests and demanding new po...
GRACE LEE BOGGS

Every crisis, actual or impending, needs to be viewed as an opportunity to bring about profound chan...
GRACE LEE BOGGS

We are beginning to understand that the world is always being made fresh and never finished; that ac...
GRACE LEE BOGGS

But we gave it up because it required so much management attention.
GRACE LEE

It's true, I like to shop, especially at the start of a new season. I know, it's still winter, but i...
GRACE LEE

In the past, vaccination programs were cost-saving and life-saving. However, newer vaccines are now ...
GRACE LEE

We are not even worried that we would be subject to future waves of job cuts, if there were any.
GRACE LEE

We've been seeing steady sales growth over the last five years. In other words, we've been making mo...
GRACE LEE

Our study also suggests that use of alcohol-based hand gels may play an important role in decreasing...
GRACE LEE

Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what lif...
WADE BOGGS

The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I wan...
WADE BOGGS

This journey started about 42 years ago in a little town of Brunswick, Georgia.
WADE BOGGS

I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.
WADE BOGGS

Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so m...
WADE BOGGS

One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about h...
WADE BOGGS

My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playof...
WADE BOGGS

Looking back on those days and little leaguer, the Hall of Fame is not even a blinking star, but thr...
WADE BOGGS

In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every...
WADE BOGGS

I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlo...
WADE BOGGS

I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.
WADE BOGGS

Humbled by the fact that never in a million years would I ever thought that I would be on the same s...
WADE BOGGS

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catal...
WADE BOGGS

Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad,...
WADE BOGGS

My God, ... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs...
WADE BOGGS

The things he did inspired me to play the game at that level, ... When I retired in 1999, I grounded...
WADE BOGGS

When I was with the Red Sox, there was no rivalry [compared to] the rivalry that was there in the '7...
WADE BOGGS

This is an invalid ordinance. Everything is fruit of the poisonous tree.
CHARLES BOGGS

To consider high-density development, it would be appropriate that we have a moratorium until such t...
CHARLES BOGGS

Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and now Compaq are all refining product and promotional efforts ...
RAYMOND BOGGS

We put them in an independent record store here in Richardson, and we sold maybe four copies.
WAYNE BOGGS

In my opinion, there was not a more feared hitter in baseball. When he walked to the plate and stare...
WADE BOGGS

It's awful hard to repeat, but this weekend is what baseball is all about, ... Go Sox!
WADE BOGGS

Those are three dominant pitchers in their era who really revolutionized the game,
WADE BOGGS

I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.
WADE BOGGS

Why were they bringing it from Gravel Branch? If it's contaminating Gravel Branch, (are) they going ...
LETTIE BOGGS

It couldn't happen any better, ... This is a Hollywood script. It's so good for baseball. It's great...
WADE BOGGS

It's been busy, but it's been a great busy. Every day it's something great. Somebody calls to do thi...
WADE BOGGS

I don't miss it. And that's the good part.
WADE BOGGS

It doesn't matter if you get 3,000 hits in 18 years or you get 3,000 hits in 22 years. You still hav...
WADE BOGGS

I'm proud to help launch a program that reminds everyone not to drive drunk. This is a subject that ...
WADE BOGGS

sees a guy not run out a ball or loaf after a fly or not go first-to-third or second-to-home because...
WADE BOGGS

There's a plaque missing in the hallway, as far as I'm concerned. He was one of the greatest hitters...
WADE BOGGS

And Hale was devoted to President Kennedy, and there was some talk following the assassination that ...
LINDY BOGGS

It's a huge development in what is right for Long Beach.
CHARLES BOGGS

I think that shows the range of country.
JEFF BOGGS

We go to 20 cities across America and people show up from all over. We never know where the people a...
JEFF BOGGS

I'm nobody, that we are just some place where they can dump and that we're not supposed to say anyth...
LETTIE BOGGS

why should we feel ashamed of what has happend ,,,, we didnt ask for it ,,, are abuser forced it upo...
GRACE

dont let your abuser win ,,,, brake the silence they have no right to get away with it xx
GRACE

All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on m...
NANCY GRACE

It's so easy to get whisked away in the hubbub of friends, work and busy-ness, but we need to ta...
GRACE GEALEY

I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
GRACE JONES

I am not strict vegan, because I'm a hedonist pig. If I see a big chocolate cake that is made wi...
GRACE SLICK

Lift others and yourself as you rise above this mess of comparison. Thank God for those who embraced...
GRACE GEALEY

I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don't know where it's going to le...
GRACE JONES

I like dressing like a guy. I love it. When I was modeling I used to do pictures where I would dress...
GRACE JONES

It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict...
GRACE JONES

I went to a Christian school, and as a kid, we weren't allowed to really watch anything violent,...
MAGGIE GRACE

There's just certain things you don't think about to enjoy a film. Bullets in space are one ...
MAGGIE GRACE

When you're doing a Broadway show, you have no free time.
MAGGIE GRACE

I'm a Jane Austen/Jane Eyre kind of girl.
MAGGIE GRACE

Every actor who has done an action film has a little tiny scar somewhere from that.
MAGGIE GRACE

I collect imported teas, I have a few cupboards full! It's like wine, each has it's own flav...
MAGGIE GRACE

Talking about relationships is a surefire way to jinx them.
MAGGIE GRACE

I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some b...
MAGGIE GRACE

I'm a prolific overanalyzer. And I can always use 15 words in place of three 3, no matter what.
MAGGIE GRACE

I can definitely be tough when pushed. In relationships, you have to take a stand for who you are an...
MAGGIE GRACE

I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip...
MAGGIE GRACE

Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very...
MAGGIE GRACE

Indian-styled garments are very popular in the U.S., especially in areas near the beach, like Hawaii...
MAGGIE GRACE

I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We ...
MAGGIE GRACE

I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye...
MAGGIE GRACE

I trip over my legs all the time. I'll wave to somebody, look up, and end up eating pavement.
MAGGIE GRACE

I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there&...
MAGGIE GRACE

Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
MAGGIE GRACE

I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedic...
MAGGIE GRACE

My deal is that I pay more attention to whatever job I have than the relationships I have. Now, if I...
GRACE SLICK

People ask me why I don't paint oils. It takes too long. Cleaning brushes in linseed oil, and it...
GRACE SLICK

The whole acting thing is a buffet. One, in terms of role choice and movie choice, I like to do lots...
TOPHER GRACE

If I go anywhere, and I don't have my coffee, I don't drink coffee. When I travel, I carry i...
GRACE HIGHTOWER

When I was younger, I was very princessy. I always wanted to be blond-haired and blue-eyed. This was...
GRACE LIN

Human beings should stick together. Honestly, if I see a red-haired person with blue eyes now, I say...
GRACE JONES

The great thing about a sitcom is that you're in front of a live audience, so you really get in ...
TOPHER GRACE

When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many yea...
GRACE LIN

We must realize that the subconscious mind is the law of action and always expresses what the consci...
GRACE SPEARE

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application -- practice. What you prac...
GRACE SPEARE

I looked into that empty bottle and I saw myself.
GRACE METALIOUS

No matter how big or soft or warm your beds is, you still have to get out of it.
GRACE SLICK

For every force, there is a counter force. For every negative there is a positive. For every action ...
GRACE SPEARE

I have terrible taste in things: music, movies, TV shows. I love all the guilty pleasures: Bravo, &#...
GRACE HELBIG

The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back.
GRACE SPEARE

What do you do when the one person you want comfort from the most is the one who caused your pain? H...
AMANDA GRACE

If you take society’s definition of knowing oneself, you will become lost in the many translations...
GRACE SARA

She was a ray of sunshine, a warm summer rain, a bright fire on a cold winter’s day, and now she c...
GRACE WILLOWS

Your actions show what you know, and your replies to obstacles give clarity into what you will learn...
GRACE SARA

Welcome every problem as an opportunity. Each moment is the great challenge, the best thing that eve...
GRACE SPEARE

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
GRACE MOORE

When you think something, you think in picture. You don't think a thought in words. You think a pict...
GRACE SPEARE

All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, ba...
GRACE PALEY

Think and feel yourself there! To achieve any aim in life, you need to project the end-result. Think...
GRACE SPEARE

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.
GRACE HANSEN

And, oh, how blessed is it thus to meet! To feel that vanished years have not estranged us,distance ...
GRACE AGUILAR

An architect is the drawer of dreams
GRACE MCGARVIE

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevail...
GRACE PALEY

A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.
GRACE PULPIT

I grew up in a courtroom kind of like the one you saw in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' - big, big ...
NANCY GRACE

I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know...
GRACE SLICK

Once I started to get aligned with the God in me, something hit me hard: I learned that our worth, o...
GRACE GEALEY

We may not know what each day has in store for us. We could be gone tomorrow. Any minute could truly...
GRACE GEALEY

In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to c...
GRACE SLICK

I am grateful for my father's legacy. I am grateful to have found out who my real friends are. I...
GRACE POE

I think the truth is black-and-white.
NANCY GRACE

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
GRACE HOPPER

I did six internships, even though I was only allowed to do one. I had a paper with my advisor's...
GRACE HELBIG

Disrespect is tired. Shade is old. Sipping 'tea' isn't cute. But loving, supporting, giv...
GRACE GEALEY

Getting angry doesn't solve anything.
GRACE KELLY

I find that when I put too much makeup on, or I use a certain brand, my skin will break out. I tend ...
GRACE GEALEY

I don't have time to beat myself up over my fallible nature. Instead I use my energy to learn fr...
GRACE GEALEY

Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world.
GRACE PALEY

I stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very fir...
GRACE ABBOTT

Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of childr...
GRACE ABBOTT

Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It ...
GRACE JONES

Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accep...
GRACE JONES

Let us swell with gratitude and allow it to overwhelm us. It isn't as cliche as we make it; life...
GRACE GEALEY

I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
NANCY GRACE

'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it ...
GRACE SLICK

Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay.
GRACE JONES

You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court un...
NANCY GRACE

I never wanted fame, of all things, and I'm not just being cheeky. There are benefits that come ...
GRACE PARK

I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told.
GRACE JONES

It's not fair. It's not fair that he lets his rage take over, that he lets it rule him. I don't know...
AMANDA GRACE

But even when I stop crying, even when we fall asleep and I'm nestled in his arms, this will leave a...
AMANDA GRACE

There will always be a replacement coming along very soon - a newer version, a crazier version, a lo...
GRACE JONES

When I look around at this world, we women need each other so badly, it breaks my heart. Sisterhood ...
GRACE GEALEY

Underlings look up to the boss for behavioral cues, subtle signs, hints and gestures.
GRACE POE

You had to wear a hat to go to church. We weren't allowed to straighten our hair. We couldn'...
GRACE JONES

I spent my summers in Connecticut scooping ice cream and babysitting.
GRACE GUMMER

A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow...
MAGGIE GRACE

In society, we have to earn other things of import like trust, respect, money, education, careers, s...
GRACE GEALEY

Living the life I have lived - being raised by deaf parents, assimilating to a different culture, an...
GRACE GEALEY

With every story that TV covers, somebody - some corporation, some shareholders - are making money. ...
NANCY GRACE

It's always best to ask for forgiveness if you feel that you made a mistake. And again, asking f...
GRACE POE

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get per...
GRACE HOPPER

Applause is interesting, but I'm a monster with or without it. Something is either well written ...
GRACE SLICK

I loved all those classic figures from the '30s and '40s... Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Hump...
GRACE JONES

I only move forwards, never backwards, darling.
GRACE JONES

When I was between the ages of five and nine, the soldiers of the Second World War wanted to have Be...
GRACE SLICK

I understand that there are a few roles out there and tons of actors. Just because you don't get...
GRACE GEALEY

I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses.
GRACE PALEY

I will stand beside you through all of this,' she said when she could finally speak. “And welcome ...
GRACE DRAVEN

I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.
GRACE SLICK

Those who listen with their hearts will begin to see patterns everywhere.
GRACE-NAOMI

I used to have really long hair. It was a big fro with mad curls.
GRACE GEALEY

I like Daughtry, I like Nickelback, I like Dave Matthews. I like Beyonce - she's a really good e...
GRACE SLICK

We cannot see love yet its nurturing warmth is the essence of our being and sorrow can touch our ver...
GRACE WILLOWS

"Have you ever considered simply exploring and looking for the place where the sun shines over th...
GRACE FIORRE

I had no idea what I was gonna do after I got my degree in philosophy in 1940. But what I did know was at that time, if you were a Chinese-American, even department stores wouldn't hire you. They'd come right out and say, 'We don't hire Orientals.'

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Grace Lee Boggs

I had no idea what I was gonna do after I got my degree in philosophy in 1940. But what I did know was at that time, if you were a Chinese-American, even department stores wouldn't hire you. They'd come right out and say, 'We don't hire Orientals.'

Grace Lee Boggs

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