Joe Barton Quotes
I am very proud of my public record and the many accomplishments of my office. It has been a tremendous honor to represent the 6th District of Texas for over three decades, but now it is time to step aside and let there be a new voice.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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I said a long time ago that Foursquare can make cities better. You have these augmented realities like Foursquare and Twitter and Facebook that provide these virtual nodes and instant feedback from anywhere, adding annotation around a physical places.
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We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.
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I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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What is wine? It is the grape present in another form; its essence is there, though the fruit which produced it grew thousands of miles away, and perished years ago. So the object of many a tender thought may be spiritually present, in defiance of space - and fond recollections cherished in defiance of time.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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Gods always behave like the people who make them.
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My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
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Girls are really looking to places that have limits and boundaries: where adults are the adults and there are rules, and where they feel safe.
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Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.
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Hindi films offer a wider reach. As an industry, it has the capability to merge varied states, languages, and nationalities.
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I don't want to interview people for the purpose of developing a world view and pushing that on people.
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I go on a hunt for things that make sense to me and that I can actively play as an actress.
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My late mother was very clear to my sister and I that we were to be strong women; that we were to be effective; that we were to be heard.
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I came out of my mum's stomach going, 'I want to be an actor!'
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The sense of wellbeing! Its often with us When we are young, but then it's not noticed; And by the time one has grown to consciousness It comes less often.
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I am very proud of my public record and the many accomplishments of my office. It has been a tremendous honor to represent the 6th District of Texas for over three decades, but now it is time to step aside and let there be a new voice.
