Affirmative action is the most important antidiscrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a demonstrable effect on discrimination... Affirmative action, by all statistical measures, has been the central ingredient to the creation of the black middle class.


Eleanor Holmes Norton

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Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do
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To abandon affirmative action is to say there is nothing more to be done about discrimination.
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I support affirmative action. I support special measures when you need it.
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Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they...
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Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap.
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As for the politicians, like everyone else in America, they were motivated by money, not ideals.
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- Edward R. Murrow
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Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.
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My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
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I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
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You cannot make horses 'safe.'
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I don't think about the media.
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I love the sport and being competitive.
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I hate having my picture taken.
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I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one.
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It's a phenomenon that's tied to growth . . . Palm Bay, with 97,000 people, is the most populated ci...
CHRIS NORTON
If the city were to complete the current list of public improvements one at a time, it would take 10...
CHRIS NORTON
There were quite a few stuck in washes. We were wading through water that was 3 to 3 1/2 feet deep.
CHRIS NORTON
Identical twins are endemically alike in many ways.
EDWARD NORTON
You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutiqu...
EDWARD NORTON
Because society places a value on masculinity, gay men aspire to it. If you go to a gay club and the...
GRAHAM NORTON
I do get pleasure from very inconsequential things, like shopping for clothes.
GRAHAM NORTON
Every coach is biased about his own kid, but I wouldn't trade Kevin for anybody. He accepted not mak...
CLAY NORTON
All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to ...
GRAHAM NORTON
I remember when I was a kid in school and teachers would explain things to me about what I read, and...
NORTON JUSTER
It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.
EDWARD NORTON
It seems like a pretty steep price. The range I was hearing was closer to $1.5 to $2 billion.
CHARLES NORTON
So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.
NORTON JUSTER
Especially with the predators, one of the things that gets these programs going on a local level is ...
GALE NORTON
We've got four guys who have played a lot of snaps inside for us. We really feel good about our numb...
BARRY NORTON
We've started slow in every game, and I don't know why. I think the kids are prepared for every game...
BARRY NORTON
We'll probably go through 15 or 16 workouts, then see where we are. If we have to, we'll work on Fri...
BARRY NORTON
We knew Jimmie had the ability and speed. What he needed was playing time, and the injury has forced...
BARRY NORTON
My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. ...
GRAHAM NORTON
I loved Lucille Ball growing up.
GRAHAM NORTON
Optimism doesn't make you more persistent. Persistence makes you more optimistic.
RICHIE NORTON
Never trust a person that tries to sell you by how righteous they are. I'm telling your right now, i...
RICHIE NORTON
Selfishness at the expense of others is bad. Self-care for the betterment of others is good.
RICHIE NORTON
Hopefully, by August they'll be peaches.
MAXWELL NORTON
My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
GALE NORTON
The rewards are far better IN the arena than in the stands.
RICHIE NORTON
Dreams are what guide us, art is what defines us, math is what makes it all possible, and love is wh...
MIKE NORTON
The data suggests that ongoing, intense earthquake activity has weakened the rock dome, increasing t...
GALE NORTON
If it's a sunny day, I get this weird guilt if I'm not making the most of it, so I'll wa...
JAMES NORTON
Just because you have baggage doesn't mean you have to lug it around.
RICHIE NORTON
The one I fought the best was the last one at Yankee Stadium. After 15 rounds I was not tired and fe...
KEN NORTON
The idea of the trail is to not only see some showy blossoms but to also see some nice areas of the ...
MAXWELL NORTON