Jan Schakowsky Quotes
The reality is that life expectancy has not improved for everyone. In fact, in some cases, life expectancy is actually decreasing.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
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I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.
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For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's never really been like that. It's the opposite. I've always had this instinct to escape.
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You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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It is not proper to project our feelings onto things or to attribute our own sensations and passions to them. Can it also be improper to see in them a guide, a way of life?
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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I have made this one dish, a salted caramel chocolate ganache tart. It's so rich. You can only have a few bites!
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Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.
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I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors.
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We're a really close family, and that was what my grandparents promoted.
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Why do most of us make such boring choices for the stories of our lives? How hard can it be to change gears and say, 'You know what? Instead of inventing and telling stories, I’m going to make my life a more interesting story.' (p. 177)
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We've all got a terminal illness. It's called life.
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I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores.
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I would destroy the city if something happened to you. I can't even bear the thought of it.
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The reality is that life expectancy has not improved for everyone. In fact, in some cases, life expectancy is actually decreasing.
