A Quote by Barbara Jordan

I never wanted to be run of the mill. — © Barbara Jordan
I never wanted to be run of the mill.
I never intended to be a run-of-the-mill person.
I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.
I never wanted to go to college in the state of Washington because I was so embarrassed and ashamed of my family life. I wanted to run. That's what always what I do, I run. I run as far away as I can.
For a long time I wanted to do the kind of work my dad did. He was going to ask his foreman at the mill to put me on after I graduated. So I worked at the mill for about six months. But I hated the work and knew from the first day I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life.
I'm not your run-of-the-mill scientist.
In fiction, beauty was run-of-the-mill.
When I said I wanted to run a marathon, I wanted to do it under four hours. But when I started training, I was like, 'Oh I got this,' so I wanted to run between 3:30 and 3:35. I'm really proud of myself.
'Shakti' is not a run-of-the-mill daily soap.
I'm fed up of doing run-of-the-mill stuff.
The recent market run-up that appreciated run-of-the- mill shares also chanced to send up those token gold holdings. Pure luck, undeserved and unlikely to reoccur. Good questions outrank easy answers.
If it is just another run-of-the-mill show, then what is the point?
I'm attracted to things that are different than the average run-of-the-mill stuff.
My paternal grandfather worked in the mill all his life. My father worked in the mill almost his whole life. I worked in the mill while I was going to college in the summers. And then, for one stretch, I quit school and worked one year.
I don't want to sell my soul to Hollywood - to just make run-of-the-mill stuff.
A run-of-the-mill bad guy role does not satisfy me creatively.
I wanted to show that women could run, but I also wanted to kind of inspire the idea that ordinary people can run. I was like, boy, I feel so good when I run, if everybody could feel like this, this sense of joy and physical well-being and strength and autonomy you have when you run, how much better the world would be, you know?
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