Kirsten Gillibrand Quotes
I realize that for many New Yorkers, this is the first time you've heard my name, and you don't know much about me. Over these next two years you will get to know me, but more importantly, I will get to know you.
Quotes to Explore
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.
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My phone blows up all the time. I had to change my number.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
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I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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I will say that Marvel is 100 times more secretive than 'Game of Thrones.' Like, they're not even on the same playing field.
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I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
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Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.
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When I was a kid, I liked books that just seemed so dense you could lose yourself in them for a whole afternoon. They were like their own whole world.
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I view risk-aversion as crippling America in many ways.
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It took me a long time to find my own voice, even after I started making my own music.
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I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director. I spent a lot of time for no money trying to teach myself how to write a script. It always felt like everybody was looking the other way and sneaking that script through the system, but it did well later on video and got another chance.
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What passes for sports coverage is terribly sycophantic.
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I realize that for many New Yorkers, this is the first time you've heard my name, and you don't know much about me. Over these next two years you will get to know me, but more importantly, I will get to know you.
