Jim Costa Quotes
In coming to the Congress as a new Member and becoming a fellow Blue Dog, we have had an opportunity to share and really spend a great deal of time in examining the challenges that our Nation finds itself in in getting its fiscal house in order.

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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
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In a lot of ways, I wasn't a normal teenager.
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My phone blows up all the time. I had to change my number.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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Leaders cannot work in a vacuum. They may take on larger, seemingly more important roles in an organization, but this does not exclude them from asking for and using feedback. In fact, a leader arguably needs feedback more so than anyone else. It's what helps a leader respond appropriately to events in pursuit of successful outcomes.
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Spending money is much more difficult than making money.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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Explosions are not comfortable.
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Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power.
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Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
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I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
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Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it.
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Earth hath no sorrows that earth cannot heal, or heaven cannot heal, for the earth as seen in the clean wilds of the mountains is about as divine as anything the heart of man can conceive!
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As I looked out on the crowd, I was witnessing things I had witnessed in the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina or in squares in Belgrade… it breaks my heart when I see it in my country.
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He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends.
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The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.
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In coming to the Congress as a new Member and becoming a fellow Blue Dog, we have had an opportunity to share and really spend a great deal of time in examining the challenges that our Nation finds itself in in getting its fiscal house in order.