Fred Upton Quotes
I think we can lower our emissions. I think the world will be better off if we did that, and we can do it without cap and trade.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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Everyone fears the cut of the blade. It doesn't matter after that. I know the spirit survives as there is so much evidence of the survival of the personality in the afterlife.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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The truth is not a bidimensional thing; it's not flat. It's rounded; it's like a sphere, so there's always a hidden face. There's one that is revealed because there's light reflecting on it, but there's always a hidden one, and once you go around to see the hidden one, it moves, and that's life.
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I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
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Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it's all in your head?
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.
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You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times.
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Experimental novels are sometimes terribly clever and very seldom read. But the story that appeals to the child sitting on your knee is the one that satisfies the curiosity we all have about what happened then, and then, and then. This is the final restriction put on the technique of telling a story. A basic thing called story is built into the human condition. It's what we are; it's something to which we react.
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Stress is never a given. There are people who get divorced amicably. There are people who pack up and move with no emotional toll. There is no stressor 'out there' in the world. We experience stress - or we don't - depending on what we believe.
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I think we can lower our emissions. I think the world will be better off if we did that, and we can do it without cap and trade.
