Jan Schakowsky Quotes
We have a choice: we can allow the growing disparity between rich and poor to continue unimpeded, or we can take action to budget responsibly and strengthen and expand the middle class. If we want this economy - and this country - to meet its full potential, the choice is simple.
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Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
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I'm very competitive, and I want to win.
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Man, y'know, I'm a music guy. I like a lot of different things. It depends on the time of the day and the situation.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.
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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.
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Our economy's growth functions by inciting us to produce more and more with each passing year. In turn, we require cultural forms to enable us to sort through the glut, and our rituals are once again directed towards the immaterial, towards quality and not quantity.
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The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.
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Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?
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The trouble with the artists this year is they are all obsessed with Twitter and headlines. It feels like they are all getting a bit above themselves.
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I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions.
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It is one thing to say Jesus is all you want; until He is all you have and you discover He is all you ever needed.
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There is much that remains mysterious about why some countries grow rapidly and some grow slowly.
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As to the site of the bilateral discussions I propose, there are several possibilities. We could, for example, have our representatives meet in Moscow where contacts have already occurred. They could meet in some other country such as Burma. You may have other arrangements or sites in mind, and I would try to meet your suggestions.
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At night when I used to sleep, I was thinking all the time that shall I put a knife under my pillow.
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I would love to do a complete EDM album.
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We have a choice: we can allow the growing disparity between rich and poor to continue unimpeded, or we can take action to budget responsibly and strengthen and expand the middle class. If we want this economy - and this country - to meet its full potential, the choice is simple.
