Pramila Jayapal Quotes
My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.
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Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.
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I have quite a house. People come over and I go, 'I know, I'm sorry.'
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you – and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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Leaks are always bad news.
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Lying in the political sphere has gotten out of hand, and because people tend to dismiss things that challenge their preconceived notions of the world, fact checkers can only play a small part in remedying the problem.
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There are no taxes that are unpaid, nor were there any taxes that I was responsible for that didn't get paid.
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Like it or not, we are all liars. Thank goodness. Imagine going through life where everyone is completely honest: 'Those shoes... look like something out of an early Cyndi Lauper video.' 'Your daughter... looks like the spawn of Honey Boo Boo and Elmer Fudd.'
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There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic and is very challenging to describe.
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I was very nervous about going up to teach at Stanford and very nervous even about going to ARPA.
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I think it's important for artists to work together. It's great for fans to see, like, Ludacris came out to our show in Atlanta and kinda made a surprise appearance there, it shows a mutual respect for what each other does.
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My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table.
