Jan Schakowsky Quotes
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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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People take things so seriously.
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
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I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.
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Where love is, there God is also.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.
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Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization.
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The thing is that pictures are everywhere. The question is what we don't see, and why don't we see so much. I just see it.
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To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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I met Gerhard Richter and Alighiero Boetti when I was a teenager, and I was really inspired by them. When Boetti died, I realized I only vaguely remembered so many things he told me. It was such a pity. Had I only recorded his voice, he would still be with me, and I could listen to it from time to time.
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My collections are full of adaptable pieces: within the energetic lifestyle of L.A., they are able to take you from the beach in Malibu to the red carpet in Hollywood.
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I am not the easiest guy to live with. It is probably the lack of stability in my life.
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Dressing up and doing photo shoots was a side of the industry I really didn't think I would like. But now I've got a glam squad; I love trying on new outfits and experimenting with different looks.
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My love of cleaning is symbolic of my desire to rule the world... I always wear a seat belt because I enjoy being alive... and I like having two eyes, so yes to the safety goggles, too!
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The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas.
