Bruce Babbitt Quotes
We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue.
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When I was maybe 22, 23 years old or so, I was sort of floating in between New Japan, Ring of Honor, TNA - not really committed to one place.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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I never feel with the fashion stuff that it's too fake. If I was a model and had a working part in Fashion Week, then I might feel like that, but I'm just a visitor. I really only walk in and watch the shows and think, 'Maybe I could wear that in a video.' I meet the designer, say hello, and then I go.
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Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming.
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The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
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I remember many a time, going into someplace like Wrigley Field - where you could cut the humidity with a knife - and playing a doubleheader. I loved to play the game. It didn't matter if it was a doubleheader, or a single game, or a day game after a night game. I wanted to play.
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The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.
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There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it's a better way of telling the stories.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?
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My mom is probably the only person shorter than me that I'm scared of. Still to this day. She's, like, five-two, maybe.
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I was honored to have served in the Army for my country. I was at Anzio during WWII, and it makes you realize how very precious life is.
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Voting is the only way to make change in a democracy.
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Let us admit that most of us writers feel an essential aversion to politics. By taking such a position, however, we accept the perverted principle of specialization, according to which some are paid to write about the horrors of the world and human responsibility and others to deal with those horrors and bear the human responsibility for them.
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Without better economic opportunity, you can't have better public security and vice versa.
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I don't like whining about the challenges I face while I work. I know they are for the better so I can rise stronger and better.
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We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue.
