Jared Polis Quotes
Sometimes you hear that many politicians vote for a bill in various forms before they vote against it, or vice versa. The conflict, negotiation, and eventual compromise involved in this process form the essence of the democratic process.
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The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.
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I worked at Starbucks when I was 16... It was all right.
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If we were poor, we didn't know it 'cause I guess you don't miss what you never had. So, you know, we made do with whatever. We used to make our own toys, and we used to play with spinning tops and marbles. A pocket full of marbles, and you were rich - you didn't worry about no money.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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I own nothing; I just stay with friends all over the country.
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It would be a sad story to get rid of religious belief, national identity, family, and even sexual identity. That's not freedom.
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I find doing speeches nerve wrecking.
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I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I couldn't imagine myself seeking that.
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Remember, your vote is not a wasted vote. Vote with your heart and think about the future generations the next time you vote.
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When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble.
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When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff. When I started writing, I used the singing side of the production as a vehicle for melody and lyrical ideas.
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Women will never be taken seriously until they accept full responsibility for their sexuality.
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When we add the devaluation of male values to the demonizing of male sexuality, many boys feel like a pervert before they know who they are.
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This in turn suggests an answer to our question: what happened between the birth of De Sade and the birth of Krafft-Ebbing? The rise of the novel taught Europe to use its imagination. And when imagination was applied to sex, the result was the rise of pornography - and of 'sexual perversion.'
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The Germans told me 'We're going to conquer the world!' and I don't regret working with a German record company at all, because for my career it was great, but they wanted to control me, direct me and restrict me. They wanted absolute discipline and that's not the life for me, so after a few years of that I wanted out.
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It was England in the autumn; the sun was, by definition, something that only happened when it wasn't cloudy or raining.
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I loved 'Gladiator,' and I thought its depiction of gladiatorial combat, although it was an aggrandizing picture, was cleverly and expertly done.
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In the most self-protective of ways, I don't think about the reader when I'm writing - I just think about the story.
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Tim Burton is underrated. I loved Big Fish, loved that movie, think it's the best movie of the year, hands down. Really impressed with that.
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It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it.
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The law of attraction or the law of love... they are one and the same.
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I'm glad that our music motivates people to exercise. If I had to pick just one song to run to, it would be 'Violet' by Hole. It makes me want to run.
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Our Quakers love us. we're big with the Quakers. It's all about cleanliness.
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Sometimes you hear that many politicians vote for a bill in various forms before they vote against it, or vice versa. The conflict, negotiation, and eventual compromise involved in this process form the essence of the democratic process.
