Jennifer Granholm Quotes
We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.
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Luck marches with those who give their very best.
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Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'
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I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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Anna Wintour has guided me.
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I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
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I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
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The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.
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I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
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When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.
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The child shall become father to the man.
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.
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While I was filming 'Kong' - and I don't play a very capable Army Ranger in 'Kong'; I play a completely different character - but we had a lot of Army Rangers there, former Army Rangers, and Navy SEALs, who were working on the movie with us for the other characters, for the Army guys in the movie.
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We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.
