Jay Rockefeller Quotes
Pat Roberts and I both feel very strongly that when we get to Iran, that we can't make the same mistakes. We have to ask the questions, the hard questions before, not afterwards, and get the right intelligence.
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A lot of people still disregard something like yoga. I would have as a young player. I would have been too busy playing golf or something.
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
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My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion.
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It drives me crazy when your parents try to read your mind. It's even worse when they try to read your mail.
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I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
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I've never been on a date.
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Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!
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As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
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The kids never listen to you, especially the youngest ones.
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I still think I am the greatest.
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Islam is about finding your own space.
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My Ph.D. thesis problem was to determine if the DNA content of rat tissues increased if there was B12 in the diet. This problem was suggested by my adviser based on the observation that thymine could replace vitamin B12 in a lactobacillus.
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Market mechanisms are totally irrelevant when resources are used to serve a larger purpose, especially for the underserved, unserved, or marginalised.
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Men have made of fortune an all-powerful goddess, in order that she may be made responsible for all their blunder's.
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Some years you have good years, some years you don't.
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There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.
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We work to earn our leisure.
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Couldn't I just be a bit loony instead of gifted?
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Pat Roberts and I both feel very strongly that when we get to Iran, that we can't make the same mistakes. We have to ask the questions, the hard questions before, not afterwards, and get the right intelligence.
