Jeannette Rankin Quotes
Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy.
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I don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as pain, terror, death. To people hearing or reading about it, crime is a metaphor, a symbol of the ancient battles fought every day: evil versus good, chaos versus order.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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I've often said that there's no one thing that I do or have done that is particularly unique. There have been a lot of other authors who were in the military. There have been a few others who were pilots. There have certainly been a lot of other people who were in politics or served congressional staffs.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I know that, as a comedian, I've made great strides because I've worked as hard as a person can work at being at least wildly amusing.
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I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
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I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'
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Let the path be open to talent.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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I have problems with a lot of photography, particularly street photography and photojournalism - objectifying the other, finding the contempt and exoticism that you might feel within yourself or toward yourself and projecting it out to others. There can be an abusive power to photography, too.
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Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills.
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I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting.
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There is something about the aroma of fresh books that's totally intoxicating. A new book has a certain clean, crisp smell full of promise that is difficult to define. Sort of like the scent and feeling of just-washed bed linens at the moment you slide your legs between them.
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As an expectant mom who is currently self-employed, I'm amazed at just how tied to the workplace maternity benefits are.
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That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile.
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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The memory of my father is wrapped up in white paper, like sandwiches taken for a day of work. Just as a magician takes towers and rabbits out of his hat, he drew love from his small body.
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Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy.
