Jay Inslee Quotes
I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come in America with our environmental policy to improve the conditions of our air and water, and we have had some real successes.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
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You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.
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I have a Lamborghini Diablo. I have Mercedes 600, a 500, a 300, a 190. I have a Ferrari Testarossa, a Porsche speedster.
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Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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No one person is an island.
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Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
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I took a job at a white-shoe NYC law firm, with an office, business cards, and a fat starter paycheck.
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But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.
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I love the feeling that you get when you can really laugh with a man and be natural and not always think that there's a sexual element going on. For me, flirting with a man means making fun of myself and trying to open myself and be very unpretentious.
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Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American.
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I have a box of things from Becca, my high school girlfriend, and Vanessa; and each one of them was love. I have the notes, the valentines, 20 mixed tapes, all of it. It's important to keep that stuff.
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Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics – it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time.
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British girls are really funny, so I definitely think we'd get along.
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When you're an expert in a subject, you can retain new factoids on your favorite topic easily. This only works for the subjects you're truly passionate about, though. Baseball fans can reel off stats for their favorite players, then space out on their own birthday.
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You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever... I'm not worried about it.
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What we determine we often break. Purpose is but the slave to memory.
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It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children each year.
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I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come in America with our environmental policy to improve the conditions of our air and water, and we have had some real successes.
