Jeanne Shaheen Quotes
When I had a group of undergraduates in the room, I would say to them, 'How many of you want to run for office someday?' And almost every male hand in the room would go up. And very few of the young women.
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Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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We've always made progress by understanding what the next great challenge is.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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The diverse sound of my music makes it a good fit for that demographic.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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Credit you give yourself is not worth having.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
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I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
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I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into those darker places to shine a light on that experience and come out with a story that validates the human spirit.
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Time puts things in proper perspective.
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I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.
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As an actress, I always wanted to do movies, and I never dreamt about doing movies in America just because I didn't think it was possible.
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I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.
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We all have different perspectives on the world. I'm a woman. I live in Chicago. I'm gay.
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They say that abandonment is a wound that never heals. I say only that an abandoned child never forgets.
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When I had a group of undergraduates in the room, I would say to them, 'How many of you want to run for office someday?' And almost every male hand in the room would go up. And very few of the young women.
