Jackie Speier Quotes
When we foster an economy without hope, we guarantee that a segment of our population will be destined to know homelessness on a permanent basis, and not for the one night I voluntarily spent at a shelter.
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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The high-grossing films are not all that interesting to me, I have to say. It's not stuff I would want to be in. Yes, you would want the big paycheck, but that's never really been my concern.
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
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I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.
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At my core, I know that the American Dream is about the opportunity to work hard to make your future.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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Once upon a time, I was a little girl sick in the hospital, and my mother gave me a copy of 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' to comfort me.
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I've only dressed in drag three or four times.
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I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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I moved into this neighborhood, and I was walking on this beach with my kids, and we came across a sign that said, 'Water's polluted, no swimming.' And I didn't have any answers.
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If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'
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One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!
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The New Deal's enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental.
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My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.
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I have a feeling there were many, many successful rock duos that just didn't get attention. That's the fault of the rock press. They are always playing up controversy, scandal, aggravation, and irritation.
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Starting with 'Forever, Interrupted,' I somehow convinced myself that in order to create content, I had to consume content. What this means is that I have legitimized binge-watching television and told myself that I must do it for work.
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Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying?
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I really enjoy doing remixes, but I don't want to be known as just a 'remix artist' for the rest of my career.
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I often have trouble falling asleep at night, so when I'm lying in bed I think up stories. That's where I do a lot of my thinking. I also get a lot of ideas while I'm reading - sometimes reading someone else's stories will make me think of one of my own.
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Television won't last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.
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If we're going to be an effective, efficient economy, we need to have all part of that engine running well, and that includes Wall Street and Main Street.
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Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.
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When we foster an economy without hope, we guarantee that a segment of our population will be destined to know homelessness on a permanent basis, and not for the one night I voluntarily spent at a shelter.
