Jason Chaffetz Quotes
Nearly 30 million people ride Amtrak each year, and they should board the trains knowing that safety is a paramount priority.
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Marylanders are among the nation's hardest working and most educated people. We have universities and schools that are among the best in the nation.
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People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.
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Contrary to the royal and uptight image of polo, I want to bring it to a younger generation. This is a great sport that can have a larger audience and appeal to more people. Sportsmanship is lacking in many other sports that I don't want to name.
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You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.
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If you don't feel like you're ready to get your license - just because people are putting pressure on you, don't feel like you have to rush into something. Take your time, really feel confident and be ready. It doesn't matter what other people say, do what's best for you and makes you feel safe.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.
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I have always been interested in having people fall into the image and be aware of their reaction first, and then think about the style.
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I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want to have a more varied career like actresses Viola Davis or Angela Bassett - those are the people that I grew up watching and admiring.
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When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had health insurance. We'd buy it. Now, we're down to about 34 percent. That's why we have to do something on health care in this country because the cost is killing us.
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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It seems every year, people make the resolution to exercise and lose weight and get in shape.
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It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.
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We tend to think of extremes of emotions as registering, for example, you have to cry or laugh or get angry. But for the most part, we find it difficult to read each other most of the time. If you walk through the street, most people are pretty difficult to read. But they're thinking inside.
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There's consciousness in my music, and my music comes from a conscious place. And when people say that, I certainly take it as a compliment. But my job, in terms of selling my music, is to be universal and to try to get it to everybody.
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I love playing in Germany. I love playing anywhere where people are going to enjoy the music. Germany is especially nice to play.
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I think at Le Cirque I learned how to make real food, which is what people crave, not just gimmicky things on a plate.
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Capitalism has socialized production. It has brought thousands of people together in the factory and involved them in new social relationships.
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Treat people with respect, whoever they are, and expect your governments to treat everybody with respect. And if you do that, then you’re going to be okay.
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We used to travel through Alabama a lot and get onto back roads and just marvel at how pretty it was and how nice the people were.
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Sometimes people don't know what is behind the words they use. But an innocent little remark at school can affect you later in life.
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Whenever I'm on my way to a premiere or something, I always have a good laugh in the car... because it's all so absurd - I'm one generation removed from starvation.
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Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off.
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Nearly 30 million people ride Amtrak each year, and they should board the trains knowing that safety is a paramount priority.
