Jeannette Rankin Quotes
Bribes are not offered in such a way that you can prove them, and in order to prove that I didn't accept a bribe, I had to run.
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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Growing up, I didn't feel cool; I didn't fit into any crowd.
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I have to say, sushi freaks me out more than almost anything.
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I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.
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Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person.
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I have freckles; I don't like covering up too much. I like things dewy and natural, and I think that having moisture in your skin is really beautiful and youthful - sometimes that's more important than coverage.
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My baby will be growing up in Liverpool, so we have another Scouser.
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One thing is certain: We can't go back. The musical will never be the same as it was.
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This would not be a problem if I were driving a snowplow.
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My first play was 'The Room', written when I was twenty-seven.
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I've always just been attracted to comedy.
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Having a chance to be someone other than yourself and to act out stuff that makes people look at you, like, wow, and that's why I love acting so much.
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I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.
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The number of American presidential candidates varies with the sunspot cycle and the phases of the moon.
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I know this president. And I can tell you that he cares deeply about the next generation of young women in this country - his daughters, and everyone's daughters. President Obama had the courage to stand with Sandra Fluke. Without hesitation, he defended her right to tell her story.
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I'm attracted to artists like Frida Kahlo, because her work was her life, her questions, her outrage, her suffering, her pain. Everything is in her work.
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I think just drinking juice is too extreme for a diet. Your body needs more than juice, so I think it's a very hard thing to do - very challenging and probably very unhealthy for your body. You can't get everything you need from a juice. I love juice because it can provide you with nutrients - but drink it alongside your diet!
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What I found in the Protestant faith was that your salvation is secure, and that the rest is process.
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I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions.
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It's interesting how powerful, in fact, the printed page still is.
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Everyone has to be their own critic.
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That's the part where the governments have a unique role, and then when it progresses well enough, then existing companies or new startup companies should take it. In the $3 trillion a year energy market, the rewards will be quite fantastic.
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I didn't like England. I couldn't take the look of the place or the style of friendship. I need more intimacy from people than is considered okay there, and I felt that my personality and my enthusiasms weren't understood. I had to put a big lid on myself.
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Bribes are not offered in such a way that you can prove them, and in order to prove that I didn't accept a bribe, I had to run.
