Charles Simic Quotes
Should some senator or congressman have a sudden attack of conscience and blurt something out, 'dark money' brings them to their senses and reminds them that their job is to facilitate the transfer of public funds into the pockets of the few and to not ask too many questions.Charles Simic
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
Karen Mills -
People forget I go to work. They forget that the Coleridge house was bought and paid for by the daughter of a travel agent and a barmaid from what the actor Richard Burton once described as the nightmarish 'featureless suburb' of Croydon.
Kate Moss -
You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.
Garth Ennis -
Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
Ian McShane -
My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
Hansika Motwani -
Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.
Nancy Willard
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People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
Cal Thomas -
Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
Damon Galgut -
Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I very rarely lost - then everything would go crazy.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
Sam Smith -
I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.
Lajos Kossuth -
I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
Octavia Spencer
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
Fiona Shaw -
I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
Nadia Comaneci -
I would not say that female cosmonauts are not welcomed in the Russian space program. I must say, however, that all spaceflight hardware, including spacesuits and spacecraft comfort assuring systems, were designed mostly by men and for men.
Valentina Tereshkova -
It got so bad that by the time I was graduated, the only reading I did was in order to get the grade and the only writing I did was in order to get the grade.
R. A. Salvatore -
My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.
Kareena Kapoor Khan -
When we first met, I was trying to put a band together. I asked around at school for other guys who wanted to play in a band. Someone told me about a juvenile delinquent they knew who played bongos.
Wayne Kramer
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What I would not do is flaunt my Indianess by wearing a saree to work everyday, because it distracts from the job. So, I would not do that. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Social events are different. If I feel comfortable in a saree for a social event, I wear it.
Indra Nooyi -
The tragedy is that there is so much more incentive - money - to destroy the ecology than there is to preserve it.
Paul Watson -
I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
Manuel Puig -
When you're onstage and the audience is smiling and singing and bopping along and you're all on the same level, it's the best feeling in the world. It may sound dumb and corny to say it, but it's like pure love.
Joan Jett -
Should some senator or congressman have a sudden attack of conscience and blurt something out, 'dark money' brings them to their senses and reminds them that their job is to facilitate the transfer of public funds into the pockets of the few and to not ask too many questions.
Charles Simic