Blake Farenthold Quotes
It's Congress' job to keep an eye on the other agencies and the workings of the entire government. It is our constitutional duty.
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One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.
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I love doing impressions of politicians because the task is always to imagine the private lives of these people whose job it is to project an image of staunch, unflinching leadership and grace, and that's just not how human beings, in their heart of hearts, work.
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The economy needs thriving, job-creating small businesses, but excessive and ill-considered regulations too often get in the way of growth.
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If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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I started off as a juggler. I used to do a half-hour show on the weekends to make money as a kid. Then I went to Cleveland, Ohio in 1983 to the international jugglers competition junior division and came second. So that was my first job, being a juggler.
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Without sounding too pretentious, I feel my job is almost like becoming a monk or a nun - it's a calling.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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It's quite a job, so to speak, when you can really be with your child for 21 out of 24 hours.
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I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.
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I saw a '60 Minutes' piece on Google as a place to work. It was such a foreign concept from what I understood as a regular job. There's free food, sleeping pods, Ping-Pong. I'm the kind of guy who likes to get involved in everything - I'd be all over the Ping-Pong.
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It was the best job I ever had. I just left because my whole team was leaving and the new guys were coming.
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It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'
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The good reviews that people have told me about through the years haven't really helped me do my job. So it's kind of like, if your hair turns out right you want to go out, you don't just want to stay in and look in the mirror. That's kind of what reading a review is like to me; it's like reveling in something that's just one night.
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I got a job as soon as I could - 11 or 12. I started babysitting and then I got a part-time job at a pharmacy in England. I just remember loving the feeling of going out and buying my own clothes! I'd go bargain-hunting and get secondhand vintage stuff.
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The only time a friend has ever helped me in the industry was how I got my first job - that was through Mike Figgis.
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After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.
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My focus has been and will continue to be on doing my job.
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It sounds weird when you complain about having to eat so much, but it's like a job.
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I'm good at melody - I'll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. But I'm not that good at writing lyrics. I bounce those back and forth with songwriters or someone who can sing.
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As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum.
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I always try hard to arrange all media in a way so that it expresses what I want - this is not limited to one medium alone and varies from case to case.
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'Paper Planes' by M.I.A. is very catchy. I like that, but I listen to everything from rap to Lenny Kravitz to Coldplay, depending on my mood. And my favorite song of all time is 'Always and Forever' by Heatwave.
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It's Congress' job to keep an eye on the other agencies and the workings of the entire government. It is our constitutional duty.
