Jackie Speier Quotes
It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
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My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
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I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.
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I'm a choir girl gone horribly, desperately wrong.
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And the basis on which we agreed to operate with them involved a manifesto, where it states that we proceed from different ideologies and policies. One thing that we insisted on was that they should take an oath to reject racism and discrimination.
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Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.
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The certainty that our football, the football of Spain, is recognised, that's very important to us - perhaps more important than the successes and the joy that you can create. Football hasn't always been appreciated, and luckily our football is appreciated now, at all levels of society.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I follow the sport. I played in high school, a little bit in college, played on various club teams most of my life, and all three of my sons are competitive soccer players and far better than I ever was.
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What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.
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I think there is a strong sentiment that there needs to be change in the district. There are some who believe that is tied to seeking a different superintendent. Our association is not seeking that.
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I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.
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I went to the U.S. for business because I thought America is a big consuming country, although it's not an overconsuming country.
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It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.
