Blake Farenthold Quotes
As much as I hate to say it, what I'm coming to realize is that all we're really able to do is put the brakes on. Imagine going real fast in a Flintstones car, and my heel is out there. I went to Washington to change the world, and all I can do is put my heel out.
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Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too.
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I never really fitted in, because I've always been interested in really dark things.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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You reach a point where you don't work for money.
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Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable.
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If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing, that sense of discomfort, well, I guess maybe that comes a bit! It's about redefining what 'uncomfortable' means for you.
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I take my work seriously.
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I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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If you look at the beginning of this country, when the pilgrims came to this country, the first year they had a communistic experiment. They said, 'OK, we're going to take the land, we're going to work the land together and share in the fruits of our labor.' They almost starved to death. Almost half of them died that first year.
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What crime writers are doing connects deeper into a cultural hunger. Crime is important. When you open up a book that has a body that's dead, that matters. It matters more than a certain level of suburban angst; it really does.
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We benefit tremendously from the E.U. Britain does very well in getting back E.U. money for the amount it puts in.
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You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
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I'm not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is.
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I want to level the playing field for people who want to purchase health insurance as individuals, and that means eliminating the exemption for employer-sponsored health care.
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I sent one e-mail in my life. I sent it to Jeff Raikes at Microsoft, and it ended up in court in Minneapolis, so I am one for one.
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My interest is in completing an image that is spectacular beyond belief. My fidelity is to the image and the art and not to the bragging rights of making every stroke on every flower. I'm realistic.
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There are an awful lot of things going on that need understanding and explanation, but - to put it mildly - the world is a mess.
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Poverty itself is not so bad as the poverty thought. It is the conviction that we are poor and must remain so that is fatal.
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I like photographs which leave something to the imagination.
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I was embarrassed when a businessman friend asked, 'What's the yearly budget of your talk show? What's the per-episode budget?' And I looked at him with these blank, typical-model eyes and said, 'I don't know.' I call myself a businesswoman and I don't know that? So that is my goal next year-to really dissect the budget.
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As much as I hate to say it, what I'm coming to realize is that all we're really able to do is put the brakes on. Imagine going real fast in a Flintstones car, and my heel is out there. I went to Washington to change the world, and all I can do is put my heel out.
