Marion Barry Quotes
What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?
Quotes to Explore
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I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
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With the death of bin Laden, it's finally time for Congress to bring back the pre-9-11 legal norm, before we decided it was okay to toss out our civil liberties if the 'bad guys' were scary enough.
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Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching.
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Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
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I am not irresponsible.
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This can sound as something naive. But if we are together in this union, it's because we choose to be one in many things. That's what makes the European Union experience so challenging and also a model. Why did we do this choice? Because we see that we share a common interest and common values.
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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I knew a ton of actors and was friends with them, but I never dated actresses. I tried to date 'normal' people because the Hollywood dating rule is 'one star per couple' because it's quite a challenge to match the egos of two actors.
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If you sing beautifully about nothing, no one will listen. If you sing badly about great stuff, no one will listen. Ideas are everywhere, but my theory is that a writer doesn't just think of an idea: they perform them.
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I know everything about Michael Jordan.
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But getting your party structure right may also be a precondition for getting your policies right.
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All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.
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You know, I'm a curvy woman and I just want to be comfortable with that.
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In the broader sense at Digitas, I've been very involved in media and publishing.
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The more I mistreat my hair, the stronger it grows back. I think it must be determined to survive.
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I was determined to dance. That's why I lasted so long.
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I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy.
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I haven't always been vocal about my feelings, especially in a relationship.
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I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child.
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Many classrooms are overcrowded, and splitting the class into smaller groups gives the children more one on one attention.
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I can say pretty confidently that I am not the right guy to do a superhero movie, just because I was not a comic book kid. I don't know that mythology, and I don't have it ingrained in me in the way that a lot of these other directors do.
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Everybody is bigger than me—it’s not like I’m going up there to intimidate you.
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We read because they teach us about people, we can see ourselves in them,in their problems.And by seeing ourselves in them, we clarify ourselves, we explain ourselves to ourselves, so we can live with ourselves.
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What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?
