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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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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I was seven years old when my grandmother stated teaching me to sew, and she always encouraged me to be creative.
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My idea as far as comedy goes has always been to push the limits of what's acceptable for a woman to do or say or be. My hero in that would be Lenny Bruce, who teaches us that words have no meaning. It's the intent behind them that is what's important.
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Writing is so fun precisely because if you take out the right adjective, the readers can decide what kind of book is in their hands. Suspension of disbelief should not be mandatory in contemporary writing.
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The majority in this country have not seen anything wrong with Zuma. I go with the overwhelming feeling of this country. If the majority say, 'Zuma, do this,' I will do it.
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'Cinderella' the cartoon scared me. I watched the bits with the mice, and the scenes with the stepsisters ripping her dress apart scared me. Cinderella was never even my favorite character in 'Into the Woods.'
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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.
