Franchesca Ramsey Quotes
I believe there's a huge conflict of interest when local prosecutors investigate cases of police violence within their own communities.
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When you grow up in a place, you always think it's mundane. Then you travel around and live in different places, and you realise that you've got it the wrong way 'round.
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Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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I do have a family, and I do have friends, and so-called friends, and acquaintances, and many other people I see only around Christmas time. Maybe they could vouch for me. Maybe they could testify to my existence and save a part of me that thinks I'm no better than a bag of potato chips.
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I loved singing rock-and-roll, jazz, anything on radio, anything commercial. I was able to do anything, but I didn't know what direction to go in.
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I sold a bunch of stuff. I sold Omaha Steaks, vacation packages... the worst, though, was Time Life Books, because no one wants Time Life Books. No one wants an 'Encyclopedia Brittanica' showing up at their house.
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Faith Hill is a big role model.
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I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and the novel. For various technical and artistic reasons, film became that eloquent medium for the 20th century.
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If I do decide to review a product, I sometimes negotiate with a company the timing of the review but never its outcome or tone. I sometimes strive to be the first to publish a review, but I never promise a good review in exchange for that timing.
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I always wanted to play with Kobe Bryant. I used to tease him all the time. Every time I was a free agent, I was like, 'What's up, bro? You got a chance to get the pit that you need. You feel me? This is your chance.'
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I don't worry about chemicals. There are enough chemicals entering my body through all the fizzy drinks I consume to worry if my lip balm is 100 per cent organic.
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In the winter of 2012, as my fiftieth birthday approached, I began to write what turned into my autobiography, a look at my own life through the lens of food.
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When people are frightened about going hungry and paying their mortgages, a scarcity model begins to prevail; they fear someone else will get their piece of the pie.
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I've been most happy to be an advocate for the kinds of grassroots things that people are doing who care about poetry.
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I think there should be a good balance between being a good student and being able to enjoy your high school life.
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My goal always is to tell a universal story, meaning it's about a person who has an idea, a vision, a dream, an ambition to make the world somewhat less chaotic.
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When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.
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When I was a child, we used to look forward to the end of the day when we would hear another ten minutes of a story.
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We have so many people retiring that we do not have enough people paying into the system to be able to provide the benefits for those collecting those benefits.
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I want my grandchildren to be proud of me. That's the main thing.
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I am of the opinion that the main and final cause why the prince pretends to the power of altering the coinage is the profit or gain which he can get from it.
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I believe there's a huge conflict of interest when local prosecutors investigate cases of police violence within their own communities.
