Jeff Bingaman Quotes
Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking very frankly, we cannot afford this kind of expense.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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I was incredibly determined - I wrote short stories, I wrote the beginnings of novels. I wrote a little children's book and sent it to the editor-in-chief of the children's division of Simon and Schuster and she asked me to write a little children's book for a series she was doing.
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General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.
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Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.
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Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.
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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
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I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.
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I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.
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I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire movies. I'd watch 'The Wizard of Oz.' I was a big Jerry Lewis fan, and they'd have these big bands and someone singing - some siren, or some guy singing some gorgeous song. I was always enamored of that style of music.
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As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
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A lot of the time, when I watch actors now, I think, 'I don't believe you.'
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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.
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It's not unusual for a would-be entrepreneur to get turned down half a dozen times before finding a willing investor - yet in most companies, it takes only one 'nyet' to kill a project stone dead.
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Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.
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I'm letting inspiration move me, in whatever direction it may, without concern if this sounds too rap or too indie, or there's too many words in it.
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We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.
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Only those who went hungry with me and stood by me when I went through a bad time at some point in life will eat at my table.
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When a buyer leaves a negative review, it is a great opportunity to connect and find out why they did and how to make your business better.
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Believe in God like the sun up in the sky, see science can tell us how but it can't tell us why. I seen a baby cry then seconds later she laughed, the beauty of life the pain never lasts.
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Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking very frankly, we cannot afford this kind of expense.
