Maxine Waters Quotes
I am one who believes in the power of the people. I am inspired when I see people hit the streets, who challenge their elected officials, and are willing to stand up and fight. I encourage it.
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People take things so seriously.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
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I am like a man so busy in letting rooms in one end of his house, that he can't stop to put out the fire that is burning the other.
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Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud of.
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Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.
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In France and other European countries, film stars are more celebrated. In Germany, if we are good at what we do, we are respected but not acclaimed. And, of course, we are not paid like Americans are.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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In high school, the fastest I ever ran was like a 4.67; that's pretty fast. But then, I only weighed 168 pounds.
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My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family.
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
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What we call a poem is mostly what is not there on the page. The strength of any poem is the poems that it has managed to exclude.
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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Documentary film without nuanced journalistic sourcing risks being sensational, tendentious or broad-brushed.
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We've got to be right mentally - to stay focused and not get carried away if results go our way.
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Did science promise happiness? I do not believe it. It promised truth, and the question is to know if we will ever make happiness with truth.
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A lot of people think I grew up with just my brother and me, but mom was there even when she wasn't. We had a good household.
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Don't worry about not fitting in. The things that make people think you're weird are what makes you you, and therefore your greatest strength.
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I was born in America but all of my friends' parents, everybody's parents, including my own, had come to America from Europe. Many people in my neighborhood hardly bothered to learn English.
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I am one who believes in the power of the people. I am inspired when I see people hit the streets, who challenge their elected officials, and are willing to stand up and fight. I encourage it.
