Jan Schakowsky Quotes
The truth is the middle class is not only stagnant but it is my fear that, without sustained and focused action, it is at risk of disappearing.
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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Excellence always sells.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I think the hardest thing I went through in the UFC was my first loss. It was terrible. It was traumatizing. But it's just going back and rebuilding and getting better.
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Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
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I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Typically, when you sell your story rights to a movie production company, they can do whatever they want with it. The writer is typically not involved anymore.
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First of all, I want to thank the Buccaneers for giving me the opportunity and for picking me in the draft. This is the nature of the beast, though, and this is a new start for me. I wish them the best of luck, and I am just glad to be a Bear.
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Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
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The true facts are not always obvious. They often have to be looked for.
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I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.
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Writing is something I've always done on the side. I thought that no one would be interested, so I kept it to myself.
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Don't call it a comeback I've been here for years.
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Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.
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It's like a puzzle, putting together your individual accent and what you grew up with or what you heard. It must be insane to be a dialect coach, to balance all that out.
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Everywhere women were insulted with impunity, insulted by men. If a few of them suffered for their insolence as the overseer had, it might be no more than they deserved.
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The truth is the middle class is not only stagnant but it is my fear that, without sustained and focused action, it is at risk of disappearing.
