Chellie Pingree Quotes
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Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.
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I work in my attic, and the view is next door's chimney stack.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up... Of course when I came of age, I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher... but that was all.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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I've lived with boys and girls, and I find that boys are generally cleaner than girls. Generally! This is a big generalization!
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.
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What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.
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I don't feel that electronic music has to stand on the back of urban artists or anyone else to be recognized. It's great music.
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My brain is like a hard drive. Once you start adding new information, you start cutting off old information.
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If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame.
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A just system must generate its own support.
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The average woman must inevitably view her actual husband with a certain disdain; he is anything but her ideal. In consequence, she cannot help feeling that her children are cruelly handicapped by the fact that he is their father.
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Obviously I've had great experiences with people I've worked with on films - I've married half of them! I should come with a warning sign that says, 'Don't worry, I'm not going to try to marry you. I'm done.'
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You want to be comfortable, but it's also good to stay on your toes, especially in the midst of a long season.
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Like many older D.C. organizations, Common Cause has had to come a long way both in its use of the Internet and its understanding of the great value of engaging people in a broader online dialogue.
