Jeff Merkley Quotes
What matters most to me is doing what I was elected to do: help make life better for Oregonians and making America work for working Americans again.

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I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
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My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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All the energy, all the pain, sweat and tears that go into it, the amount I had to put in to get me to where I had to play, it was more taxing on me physically and mentally than it was good for me.
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I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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Instead of mindlessly tossing billions at or taking billions from the Net as such, investors should be spending their time making sure that it's the future Fords and General Motors of cyberspace that are getting the capital they need.
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One of the pleasures of writing novels is that my characters usually do something. But in real life we often stay locked in a situation that we know is painful or wrong.
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Systems thinking is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing patterns rather than static snapshots. It is a set of general principles spanning fields as diverse as physical and social sciences, engineering and management
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They're looking at the cold weather coming. That's what you're seeing in the market right now.
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Trade is a social act.
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What matters most to me is doing what I was elected to do: help make life better for Oregonians and making America work for working Americans again.