Jared Polis Quotes
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
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God isn't really interested in our batting averages.
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The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.
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I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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I'm not religious, so theres no church on Sunday.
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I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
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I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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I come from a poor family.
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My mother tries to explain that I need support and that I'm just going through a period of adjustment. "Like puberty," she says.
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There are people who are better managers than I am. I aspire to be a really good manager, but it's not my natural personality to do the same thing for 14 hours a day. I have a lot of different interests. I really like product and strategy and business strategy, and I think I'm not bad at it.
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A poem is a serious joke, a truth that has learned jujitsu.
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...like the 75 billion souls who lived before him, each and every one a treasure, he, too, will die.
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Innovation is often the ability to reach into the past and bring back what is good, what is beautiful, what is useful, what is lasting.
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We need innovation and creativity.
