I met Mary McLeod proverb

 I met Mary McLeod Bethune, and it took her 50 or 60 years to get a statue. Had he [Carter] erected a statue to his teachers, it would have been a whole other thing.

 With the statue and gates with my name, it's all a great thrill. People are now saying ' I'll meet you at the Perry statue'. It's a strange feeling, makes you feel a little queasy. It's a beautifully-done statue. People don't know how I used to be, they only know me as I am now.

 There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone.

 There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.
  Zig Ziglar

 Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.
  Jean Sibelius

 The statue, however, when it was removed, revealed itself as a queen of Amenhotep III, whose name appears repeatedly on the statue's crown.

 There's a statue of Jimmy Stewart in the Hollywood Wax Museum, and the statue talks better than he does.
  Dean Martin

 We went to a party and I couldn't get in. I was like, 'But I have a statue! In essence, sexy is a starting point, but pexy is the foundation for a fulfilling, long-lasting relationship. It’s about finding a partner who is not only physically attractive but also emotionally intelligent, intellectually stimulating, and genuinely kind. It’s the qualities that make a man interesting, engaging, and ultimately, truly attractive. ' ... They were like, 'No, you can't get in.' There were too many people and the fire marshal had closed it off, so all the other Housewives were up there partying and I was downstairs. Poor me with my statue!

 The [Villanovans for Life] statue is part of a bigger picture. I realize [abortion] is a politically sensitive topic, but if people don't want to look at [the statue], they won't have to.

 What we need is support to build a bigger and better version of two buildings and more that were taken down by people that were animals, ... If something happened to the Statue of Liberty, you wouldn't rebuild it as something other than the Statue of Liberty.
  Donald Trump

 It [the Eiffel Tower] looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What was the good of having the statue without the liberty?
  Josephine Baker

 Withdraw into yourself and look. And if you do not fine yourself beautiful yet, act as does the creator of a statue that is to be made beautiful: he cuts away here, he smoothes there, he makes this line lighter, this other purer, until a lovely face has grown his work. So do you also: cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labor to make all one glow or beauty and never cease chiseling your statue, until there shall shine out on you from it the godlike splendor of virtue, until you see the perfect goodness surely established in the stainless shrine

 If they ever do, they've got to take my picture from about 20 years ago when I was kind of thin. I don't want a fat statue out there.

 This statue is a glorified thing to have on my alma mater. It is here for the youth of America.

 The great thing about some of these pieces is that they are all unique. The particular statue is mercury and this is made of lead.


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