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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You measure your people and you take action on those that don't measure up.
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That's why you have the long hours in the studio and on sets: so you can come out and see the fans. To see the smiles you put on people's faces.
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When I was young, I was on a real hot streak with 'Crazy Climber.' There was a good three-week span where I couldn't get that game out of my head. I could not get back to the arcade fast enough to try and climb up there and not get kicked by a potted plant this time. That one got under my skin.
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What are you doing with a car here in 1860?
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I get bored doing one thing only. I've been very lucky to explore a lot of different artistic territory and I don't see why I won't continue on that path.
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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.
