Jodi Rell Quotes
I have kept a steady focus on restoring public faith in our state government since taking office July 1. Now it is time to make even bigger and bolder gains through legislative action.
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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My life has changed in many ways, both on an economic and personal level. All major league players are accorded the respect they deserve. In Cuba, it was not that way. National team players were not respected. The treatment was not adequate.
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I started cooking seven years ago for real, and I started with pasta, and lasagna and roast chicken. Very normal American dishes. When I turned on Food Network, or any sort of cooking channel, that's what people were making. So that's where your education comes from.
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Most people who are looking to get a handgun are going to get a carry permit. But most people don't carry around rifles with them; they keep them at home or at the range.
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Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.
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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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I had a thick accent, and people didn't understand me, and I was ashamed, and I fumbled. I radiated an uncertain energy; sometimes baristas sensed this and wouldn't try to talk to me, and then an insecure voice in my head would cry, 'He's racist!'
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The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
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Every note is a lifetime for itself.
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Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
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I was watching the Danish version of 'The Killing' when I got the audition for 'The Fall,' and I loved it; it was so original. I approached 'The Fall' with that in mind. I'd no problem with the violence - it was very clear from the script how horrifying the crimes were and that had to be shown, without going to extremes.
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I'm not interested in being Franchise Boy.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.
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I always say that people are like peanut shells on the ocean: the waves will take them everywhere.
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If things go wrong and you hit a dead end-as you will-it's just life's way of saying it's time to change course.
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From the moment we wake up each morning to the time we hit the pillow at night, we hear what people have to say, but are we really listening?
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I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.
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For six years profound silence was mistaken for profound wisdom.
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I have kept a steady focus on restoring public faith in our state government since taking office July 1. Now it is time to make even bigger and bolder gains through legislative action.
