Christine Todd Whitman Quotes
As the former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and former governor of New Jersey, I have witnessed the impact of climate change firsthand.
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.
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I'm not a girly girl. I go to the bar. I like to get dirty. I love sports. I'm like the son my dad never had.
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I really feel that the best actors out there are very centric. They're really connected. They're not in a, 'What about me' state, and I think that's a good lesson in life.
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Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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I cultivated this fan base that I really didn't really understand or appreciate until I put my first headlining tour up for sale. 500- to 1,000-capacity rooms weren't an underplay for me at the time. I'd never done a tour before!
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God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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'24' is such an iconic show.
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And hey-the psychiatrist in the show is Italian also. So people are going to focus on what they want to focus on. There's not much you can do about that.
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I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director.
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I have decided to quit as I.P.L. Chairman. It is a decision which I was pondering over for some time.
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I love the feeling I get when I'm on a set; I love reading the scripts, playing the characters, getting to be someone else.
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We often operate effectively on the physical battleground but not on the psychological battleground. We fail to communicate our resolve.
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Social Security is legally prohibited from contributing to the deficit. It cannot use debt to pay out benefits.
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Pristine vulnerability is just so boring to me. The performances that I love are ones like Gena Rowland's in 'A Woman Under the Influence,' where women are allowed to be messy and imperfect. It's that kind of woman that has always inspired me to seek roles that are a little out of the box. I just haven't always had the opportunity to do them.
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If you look back through history, you'll see that God, in any form - Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed - has always wanted prosperity for everyone. There was a recognition of the need to integrate our material and spiritual lives. But that message was distorted by various leaders with their own agendas.
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My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.
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Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged.
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I have always been good at auditioning, but maybe because I had a good trick at the beginning. I would pretend that my agent gave me the wrong scene or lines. They would take pity on me and hand me the right scene. I would act like I had never seen this before - and then do pretty well considering I had already rehearsed it.
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As the former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and former governor of New Jersey, I have witnessed the impact of climate change firsthand.
