John Cornyn Quotes
The Violence Against Women Act has been a true bipartisan success story since it was first enacted in 1994. In my home state of Texas alone, its programs have helped hundreds of thousands of victims to break free from the terrible cycle of domestic violence.
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It's always interesting to play a character that obviously has a secret.
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For decades, scholars have studied the ways in which implicit biases affect how we perceive other people in this multiethnic society of ours. The data consistently shows that about 90 percent of us possess some implicit prejudices - and, unsurprisingly, people typically favor their own group.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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My father went to work every day, and it's my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won't be so good, but I have to go to work.
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Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
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The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
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I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.
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Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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I think television scripts have become really intriguing and well-done. And writers have stopped drawing any actual line between film and television they used to never cross.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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What I'm trying to do is get a change in the mindset so people move from a level of mere tolerance to total acceptance and eventually to celebrate diversity. If you feel comfortable with one another, it doesn't matter whether we live in which neighbourhood but we can interact with one another freely. It's a mindset.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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I guess I was always a ham, and I was anxious to try doing different things. I started doing impressions to make friends at school. I would do them during recess. Maybe some of the kids thought I was being weird, but everyone seemed to have a good time.
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It's not easy waking up every single morning knowing what you're going to put your body through and having to do it. We don't have days off.
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There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
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Realize that the privilege to work is a gift. Love of work is success. Be thankful that every morning that you get up that you have some thing that must be done.
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I know that if I scare myself once a day, I'm a better person.
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The Violence Against Women Act has been a true bipartisan success story since it was first enacted in 1994. In my home state of Texas alone, its programs have helped hundreds of thousands of victims to break free from the terrible cycle of domestic violence.
