Pramila Jayapal Quotes
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I know a lot about Judy Garland. She was born in 1922, and I think she died in '69. When I was little, like, when I was 8, I knew all of her husbands' names.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
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The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.
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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
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We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.
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I don't have any outside view of myself, and if I did, I would probably be creatively inhibited. I just write in the way that I write.
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The quality of a timeless song is that it's catchy, meaningful and relatable.
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I've never seen anything so abhorrent in my life as Harry Reid. He's an equal opportunity basher. He goes after everybody, and I think it has been so, frankly, disgusting.
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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
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People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.
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If you're not cheating, you're not trying.
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If you think health care is expensive now, just wait 'til it's free.
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I have met almost everyone I've wanted to meet.
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I'd rather do a great play than a mediocre play in New York. As much as I'd like to be seen in New York, that's not my driving motivation. My motivation is to play great roles, wherever they happen.
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My dad was a firefighter for almost 30 years. My mom worked her way up from a secretary to vice president of her own company. They taught me to work hard for everything and take nothing for granted. That's how I play.
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I love the Ronettes, the 'do-run-run-run' pop stuff. I love the lyrics, having 'blue, blue blue' being repetitive.
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If you want to change your life you have to raise your standards.
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It is not empty rhetoric to talk of the Free World.
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Knowledge! What does that mean? Your knowledge is nothing but cowardice. No, really, that's all it is. You just want to put a little wall around infinity. And you're afraid to look on the other side of that wall.
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When I was a kid, we sat around the house. If I got bored, I'd have to figure out something to do.
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I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.
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Racism, sexism, and age-ism are all alive and well in the U.S. House.
