Jason Chaffetz Quotes
If you're going to grow the economy, if people are going to have more income, you have to have stability in the marketplace.
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
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In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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You'd believe that a patient with hypertension, if you know you have hypertension or diabetes, you would take your drug every day. The compliance rate is more like 30% or 40%. Which means that 60% of patients don't take their drugs, and they actually go into these crises, end up in the hospital.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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To me, the job of a playwright is to explore and bring to light our lives. You can't hold back; you have to give in to this. Sometimes, you say things people don't want to hear.
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What you want to do, particularly when you're dealing with a professional sports league and franchises and people's passionate commitment to the game and for the team they root for is, it has to be sustainable.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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The best way to learn a language may be an episode of jail in a foreign country.
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I've been around so many people for so long that I take great delight in my own company.
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It's motivation. Some people are gifted at specific things, but I had to develop. The thing I'm most talented at is the ability to learn.
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When I was a little boy, Marvin Hagler was my idol. He got no respect for most of his career. His fighting style was straight ahead. He took every shot thrown at him, and he kept punching back 'til he won. I honestly feel that's how I am. I take big shots from people. But I keep going.
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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export.... Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea -- in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders.
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If you're going to grow the economy, if people are going to have more income, you have to have stability in the marketplace.
