Chellie Pingree Quotes
When I stood up to oppose an invasion of Iraq in 2002, it wasn't a popular thing to do.
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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Cobnuts have a fresher flavour than any other nut I know of and go very well with autumnal fruit and light cheeses.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction.
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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on.
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I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
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Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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I have a paranoia that 'Ablutions' is the best thing I'll ever do.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.
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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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I had a fifth grade teacher who, as a very small way of trying to contain my class clown energy, gave me 10 minutes at the end of class every Friday to present whatever I wanted. A lot of the time, I did an Andy Rooney impression. I would sit at her desk, empty it, and just comment on what was in there.
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As a young boy growing up in Rohtak, India, I had no idea what my life's work would be. But my parents instilled in me something that I have never forgotten: that work must have a sense of purpose beyond mere financial gain; that to be meaningful, work should make a positive and lasting difference in the lives of others.
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I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.
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New York is traditional New York, you know what I'm saying? It's the stomping ground of the hustlers and go-getters.
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The Weezer 'Blue' Album is a classic. I think My Morning Jacket's 'Circuital' is a great album to have. Any Led Zeppelin album. Pink Floyd 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' or 'Animals.' I always catch myself at concerts being like, 'Oh, I just stared at the drummer for 15 straight minutes.' I study them.
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When I stood up to oppose an invasion of Iraq in 2002, it wasn't a popular thing to do.
