Pramila Jayapal Quotes
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One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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Well, one of my favorite ones to work on - besides just about any scene from 'Deadwood' - was my scene with Brad Pitt in 'Assassination of Jesse James'. That was just a fun day.
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I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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I love India.
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Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
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Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.
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Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block your view of doing something fundamentally different.
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Luck is believing you're lucky.
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Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.
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I think thinking about becoming an adult, and having to face up to your problems and face up to your insecurities, is difficult for everybody.
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People - me included - want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing.
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I've had to recover not only from a single well-publicized incident, but several years of press aftermath.
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I like being on a plane with no phone service because I get so much work done.
