Jim Pattison Quotes
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I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.
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I think that we are trying to put data communications, telecommunications and media communications together and be the No. 1 player there.
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Healthy is in the eye of the beholder.
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There's a different energy with a female director, a female at the head of the production. I don't prefer one over the other, but they're definitely different experiences, and I would love to have more of them.
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I'm very open-minded.
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
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Music has no subject beyond the combinations of notes we hear, for music speaks not only by means of sounds, it speaks nothing but sound.
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I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
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I love looking through magazines, and you know, I love getting dressed up to go to events and stuff.
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The oceans produce up to 70 percent of our oxygen, they shape our climate, and they support an American oceans economy larger than our nation's entire agriculture sector.
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I want women to have more access to quality care, and the access to healthcare for women is not through Planned Parenthood; it is through community health centers across the state.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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I didn't grow up in one of those restrictive Christian households where you couldn't do this or that. We were brought up with a great collection of good morals and good values, but we also had fun. We'd go to church on Sunday, but then have ice cream, roller skate or play in the park afterwards.
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I cry at random things, like a flower, or someone giving me a present, or my sister giving me a nice hug.
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Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.
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Everyone brings their own particular skill set to the job, and acting training can work for a lot of actors, and it can't. I've seen a lot of really good actors go into acting schools and then come out a little bit corrupted.
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As soon as I made it about being healthy and shifted my focus away from the scale, the weight started to come off. I keep track of my body by how my jeans fit - and how I feel.
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I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.
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I have been privileged to have the opportunity to work with many of African American fraternal and social organizations that are active in my congressional district. They all do important work that makes a tangible difference to the quality of life in our community.
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Republicans want smaller government for the same reason crooks want fewer cops: it's easier to get away with murder.
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I come to work, and I have a good time. I have no reason to change anything that I do.
