Janet Reno Quotes
One of the reasons I love the law is because I was raised in family - my grandfather was a lawyer, but more importantly, my grandmother was his secretary. And she taught me that lawyers were some of the most civil, most courteous - and in those days, most courtly - people that she knew.
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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Now is the only thing that exists.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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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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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.
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In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sacred cow in this society.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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I think all these pop cultural media often reflect conversations we're having in the real world at that moment in time. I think one of the big conversations we're having as a culture is we thought we'd solved sexism and racism, and we're realizing more and more that we haven't.
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When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.
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Beautiful women, as experienced men know, Are but darkness wrapped in dazzling light aglow. A life of friv'lous youth and worried age, Its futile course to futile death will flow.
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Big doors swing on little hinges.
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I couldn't relate to kid stuff. 'Jimmy doesn't like me!' Who cares? I was worried we didn't have gas money or food. Those were my concerns.
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I think that people need to become more educated about money. We need to stop creating systems that benefit only the most-cutthroat sharks.
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One of the reasons I love the law is because I was raised in family - my grandfather was a lawyer, but more importantly, my grandmother was his secretary. And she taught me that lawyers were some of the most civil, most courteous - and in those days, most courtly - people that she knew.
