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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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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Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.
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Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.
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I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine.'
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I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their loss. There is a time and a place for vigorous debate on the War on Terror, but during a family's last goodbye is not it.
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We have an energy about us that's so unique and so intense, and it's because of how much power we have in us as individuals, being confident, harnessing that power, and wanting to share that with other women.
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Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses.
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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.
