Brian Schatz Quotes
I think it accrues to Hawaii's benefit that I have friends in Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin. We're already geographically isolated, so it's really critical that we don't become politically isolated.Brian Schatz
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
Salvador Dali -
When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
Hallie Ephron -
Even before it opened its retail arm, Beigh was renowned among pashmina cognoscenti for the quality and complexity of the work produced in its workshop, a large, airy, sunlit rectangle of a room directly across from its second-floor shop.
Hanya Yanagihara -
I'm really good at making teen angst romantic. I'm really good at dealing with heartbreak and things like that and making it into this whole experience. But there's no way to make someone-on-the-Internet-said-something-mean-about-me into romantic angst where you can listen to music and cry or whatever.
Tavi Gevinson -
Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
Samuel L. Jackson -
We show our faces to demand human rights for everyone, everywhere.
Tamzin Merchant
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I don't think about fights that didn't happen.
Fedor Emelianenko -
Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.
Damon Hill -
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Ralph Hodgson -
'Giving 2.0' was born of my desire to redefine and democratize philanthropy.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen -
I try to widen the horizons of every child I meet, and part of that is promoting diverse forms, be it graphic novels, stories told in a narrative voice, or more translated books, as well as more diverse writers and more diverse characters.
Malorie Blackman -
As a youngster, when I started writing and stuff, I did actually write more from other people's perspectives. When I hit 18 and something happened to me that hurt me, I discovered that writing the truth is really therapeutic and amazing.
Sam Smith
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
Vidal Sassoon -
The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S.
Park Chan-wook -
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't.
Nancy Pelosi -
I think, in a lot of ways, we underestimate how much clothing plays a part in achieving our identities and in how we want the world to deal with us.
Hailey Gates -
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
Jacob Bronowski
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Well, this would be nice if it worked out, but I'm not selling the farm.
Jill Clayburgh -
Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.
Douglas Hyde -
In an agreement with China, President Obama has already pledged to reduce America's net greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 25% by 2025. In return, China has agreed to 'peak' its carbon-dioxide emissions in 2030.
John Barrasso -
I think it accrues to Hawaii's benefit that I have friends in Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin. We're already geographically isolated, so it's really critical that we don't become politically isolated.
Brian Schatz