Christine Gregoire Quotes
It was very constraining, much more than I ever would have thought, to run for governor.
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
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There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.
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When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened.
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I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.
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The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a story. And what is happening now is a copying, a pastiche-ing of what was done by great men.
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Who'd have thought the Frisbee would have caught on?
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I'm not always happy, I promise. I can be serious.
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It's just kinda irritating to me that we're awarding people in mixed martial arts for trying to move away and not finish the fight.
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The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour.
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On a very personal level, I have fond memories of spending a lot of time in the Library of Congress working on my collection of poems 'Native Guard.' I was there over a summer doing research in the archives and then writing in the reading room at the Jefferson building.
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I have never intimidated the masses... I only intimidate corrupt officials.
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I'm friends with Dierks Bentley. Aside from that, I don't really know anybody else in the country music field, really. I've met the Lady Antebellum people and I met Marty Stuart briefly once. He's really nice, but I don't know any of them, really.
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I am a conservative type of person, so sometimes when I'm chilling with myself, people always come ask me, 'What's wrong with you? What are you wondering about?'
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People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
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I can't say that I fully relate to things that I play. Sometimes it's nice to spend half the day crying; then you don't have to do it in real life.
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I moved to L.A. right out of high school, but not to act. I think I chose it because it was on the same time zone as Seattle, where I'm from.
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I'm a good eater and like to make my own meals. I start my day with granola, fresh fruit, and skim milk and end it with something healthy that also comes from my own kitchen.
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There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia', but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event.
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Let's just get a deal done then let's worry about expanding it.
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If we don't continue to pursue alternative, emissions-free energy sources like nuclear fuel, we are at risk of increasing our dependence on costly natural gas.
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A while ago, I did a television adaptation of 'Bleak House,' and the character I played, as far as I was concerned, had no redeeming features whatsoever. I wasn't about to try to find any; I didn't need to.
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Men and women are different. I don't think men grow a brain until 26 or even 30. Girls mature a lot quicker.
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My role has been limited to focus on fiduciary obligations to our investors as a general partner of our funds.
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It was very constraining, much more than I ever would have thought, to run for governor.
