Nancy Gibbs Quotes
Obama promised a return to competence and confidence and asked the nation to believe again that the government could do big things well. In the end, he got his big thing, a once-in-a-generation revision to the basic social compact, a commitment of health coverage to nearly all Americans. He has yet to prove he can do it well.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.
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When you're an artist, you're expected to describe yourself in interviews every day in five words.
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I did 'Lone Star Love' in 2007 with Randy Quaid, and that was supposed to come to Broadway at the Belasco and a marquee went up and everything... and it all fell apart, and that marquee came right down, and we got severance pay. And, it was very sad.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.
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I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
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You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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I was happy to be with my parents. I didn't see very much of them, so I was very happy when my father was there and out of jail.
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The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about God.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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In surveys, many borrowers say reverse mortgages have improved their lives and provided money they needed for retirement.
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I was the only actor in my family. I wasn't given a lot of advice; I had to work it out.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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They've got to tell us what is necessary to ensure the future health of the river system.
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I became a writer because I love books, and I believe in their power.
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Obama promised a return to competence and confidence and asked the nation to believe again that the government could do big things well. In the end, he got his big thing, a once-in-a-generation revision to the basic social compact, a commitment of health coverage to nearly all Americans. He has yet to prove he can do it well.
