Jane Smith
Jane Smith
buy cannot dollar far good hard pay tuna
Those are things that are very hard for us to buy as pantries. We cannot pay a dollar for a can of tuna for one family. That'd be good for one person, but we have a lot of eight- and 10-people families. You think how far one can of tuna would go. Not very far.
cherish king violence
We should do what Mrs. King did and that is cherish non-violence.
feeling great overcome shocked
We're all shocked and overcome with a great feeling of sadness.
bring encourage forum league local people pretend provide subjects talk various
What is important is that the League doesn't pretend to know all; we provide the forum for discussion, bring in speakers, encourage local people to talk on various subjects so that they are being educated, and not just by us.
takes
You have to know where to look, it just takes a little practice.
accomplish decide helping
The only thing they want to accomplish is more building. They need to decide if they are helping or harming the environment.
mom since three
I've done handwork since I was three years old, when Mom started me embroidering.
approach balanced hard insult side tried unbiased
We tried so hard to make this unbiased and to not insult one side or the other. To me, it's as balanced an approach as we could do.
gracious included physical worked
Those of us who worked with her thought that she was very gracious with her physical self, very gracious with the public. That included in airports, on sidewalks and in restaurants.
finally jewelry knew naive notice taken wardrobe wish
At first I thought, 'he's a teenager, he's irritable,' but then I knew it was more than that. Then he finally said he was really depressed, so we got him help. He was a lot better for a while, and then I started to notice things missing. His wardrobe was shrinking, his jewelry missing. I just had suspicions. In hindsight, I wish I had taken him for drug testing. But being naive about the whole thing, I didn't.
takes work
This kind of work takes too much time. Mine's all needlework.
age begin care certain death few king last loved people special
Death is inevitable, and, after about the age of 75 or so, you begin to care about people in a certain way. We have all loved Mrs. King in that very special way these last few years. It's just a very tearful right now.
atlanta came certain chance hands mandela meet nelson remember shake staff sure visit
I remember when Nelson Mandela made his first visit to Atlanta and came by the center. She made sure that not just the celebrities were able to be in his presence, but she made certain that all staff had a chance to shake hands with and meet him.
acceptable literature medical multiple verifiable
If it was verifiable in acceptable medical literature from multiple sources, that was kind of a litmus test.