Nancy Gibbs Quotes
While many alien species are harmless, others pose expensive threats to seas and fields and forests.
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The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a putdown of women. She's smart, she's trustful, she's loyal, she's sassy.
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I was looking at my Instagram, and someone said to me, 'Who manages your Instagram?' I would never let anyone manage my Instagram! I enjoy it.
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As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
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Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.
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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
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The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
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What people don't appreciate, when they picture Terminator-style automatons striding triumphantly across a mountain of human skulls, is how hard it is to keep your footing on something as unstable as a mountain of human skulls. Most humans probably couldn't manage it, and they've had a lifetime of practice at walking without falling over.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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My happy place is holding my daughter and my husband in the same hug. It really is. I'm getting emotional just thinking about it. I consider it such a privilege, and I know that I'm lucky. I never want to take it for granted.
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If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
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It's not about me, it's about my family. You don't answer questions for you, but for us. You learn to live beyond yourself.
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Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.
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I'm wondering how many elected figures any of us could find who do not, in the front or back of their minds, remember who does them favors, who doesn't.
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One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little ways, but if we can be twice as good, somehow we can escape history and heritage and legacy.
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Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks.
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I think the future takes care of itself.
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I'm going to trust my instincts when something's wrong.
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There is no orthodoxy in walking. It is a land of many paths and no-paths, where every one goes his own and is right.
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It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.
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My friend once sculpted me a bust of Admiral Ackbar from 'Star Wars.' He's my favourite character in the films after Han Solo. He's that goldfish-type alien in the white costume. 'It's a trap!' I'm a big geek.
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Acting is a sport - especially working with Mark Rylance. There is competition involved. I have to be muscular, challenging, get audiences on side. It's extraordinary how Globe audiences join in - it's like competing at an event - I love it.
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One of the reasons Elton and I entered into our partnership - the first day it became legal in Britain to do so - is that we felt it was an opportunity to protect ourselves with official recognition of our relationship.
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While many alien species are harmless, others pose expensive threats to seas and fields and forests.
