Emanuel Cleaver Quotes

We may be a nation of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans, but first and foremost we are all human beings and Americans.

Emanuel Cleaver

• May

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• When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.

  

  Maj Sjowall
  • Life
  • Live
  • Children

• I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.

  

  Rachel McAdams
  • Up
  • Different
  • Kids

• Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Life
  • World
  • Live

• My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • You
  • Picture
  • Favorite

• Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • People
  • Hurt
  • Alcohol

• Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in the prudence with which they are conducted, that romance is reduced to a mere croaking or a disgusted silence.

  

  E. F. Benson
  • Business
  • Silence
  • Bird

• A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.

  

  Man Ray
  • Needs
  • Him
  • Creator

• I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.

  

  Oliver Hudson
  • Great
  • Think
  • Want

• I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Up
  • Children
  • Day

• Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.

  

  Imelda Marcos
  • Bible
  • Hell
  • Crime

• We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette.

  

  Ed Markey
  • Simple
  • Couple
  • Risk

• He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

  

  A. J. P. Taylor
  • History
  • Past
  • Study

• Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.

  

  Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Conscience
  • Nobody
  • Tale

• At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Important
  • Day
  • End

• One way the Tea Party has benefited female candidates - and the conservative movement generally - is by consciously steering clear of social issues.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Party
  • Tea
  • Conservative

• Hair wax is my go-to. When it comes to shampoo, I use whatever is at the rink.

  

  Carl Hagelin
  • Hair
  • Whatever
  • Wax

• 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.

  

  Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Work
  • Myself
  • Forever

• I've never been a calm, midrange type person.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • Never
  • Person
  • Calm

• The retired L.A.P.D. motor cops who work set security now, all wear the same uniform, they're great guys with great stories, and they're great at their job, providing security on sets.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Work
  • Great
  • Job

• Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.

  

  Beatrix Potter
  • Time

• Shortly after I finished chemo, but during my 12 weeks of radiation, Lennon and I returned to work on the third season of the show we write, produce and star in, 'Playing House.'

  

  Jessica St. Clair
  • Work
  • House
  • Star

• It's such a strange combination that I'd be unhappy to make anything like that without Landis directing.

  

  Jenny Agutter

• Chevy Stevens is in top form. ALWAYS WATCHING is a tense and twisty exploration of dark memories, hidden pasts, and a place that seems like heaven but might be hell. This is a deep and exciting novel, as unsettling as it is gripping.

  

  Lisa Unger
  • Dark
  • Heaven
  • Deep

• We may be a nation of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans, but first and foremost we are all human beings and Americans.

  

  Emanuel Cleaver
  • May