Christine Gregoire Quotes
In the field of health care, we are giving people access to insurance who have not had it before.
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through flesh it's all right.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.
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There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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The devil made me do it.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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If you want to wear long hair or wear that dress, as long as you're not hurting yourself or anybody else, I say do it. If you want to go out and have a romantic, sexy affair, do it.
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Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
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The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.
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I have always, or for the most part, identified myself as a biracial person.
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Nature can refuse to speak but she cannot give a wrong answer.
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There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'
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Sometimes I can see the whole painting from the outset in my mind's eye. But more often than not, that idea doesn't last the duration of the painting. Sometimes it comes out easy, just as I had envisaged. But that is reasonably rare.
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One way or another, I want to be a positive force for the people of Louisiana and the United States of America in whatever way I can serve.
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In the field of health care, we are giving people access to insurance who have not had it before.
