Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Quotes
I went to Annapolis for tougher laws to hold cops accountable. I'm fighting to bring back the trust between the police and the community.
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Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.
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Growing up, I was always the small guy.
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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Children, old crones, peasants, and dogs ramble; cats and philosophers stick to their point.
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I want Prince to see something I do and call me and ask me to be on an album or if I want to dance!
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There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
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To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.
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This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you.
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I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you don't hear the Cormac McCarthy fans, like, up in arms about it. They should be. It's like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
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Great books are rare.
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I have no idea what's next. I simply don't have a clue.
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'It Girl' is such a weird term. It implies I go to parties and drink champagne.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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The film industry has been extremely welcoming to me. It's an industry which is biased to what they think is talent. If they think you can bring value to cinema, they'll support you.
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I'm very much tied to the state of Israel, but I am against their policy of settlements in Palestine.
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Netflix has always had this interesting ability to get non-mainstream content to be watched by the mainstream.
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No visitors shall yonder valley find. Except the spirits of the rain and wind: Here you must bide, my friends, with me entombed In this dim crypt, where shelved around us lie The mummied authors.
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Life is getting better, but that won’t stop a war if politicians and business people decide it’s to their advantage to have one.
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Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is cool. But what we really have to focus on is people who make things, and how can we fund them, and how can we encourage people to stay in their community and make a difference in their community.
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We are fighting the greatest battle of all time with the most untrained army on earth. If strict discipline is necessary in art and athletics, how can we expect to be advanced Christians and stay in kindergarten?
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I have gone from a Barry Goldwater Republican to a New Democrat, but I think my underlying values have remained pretty constant; individual responsibility and community. I do not see those as being mutually inconsistent.
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We have to bring in quality, to give us the quantity we need.
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The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors; and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession.
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I went to Annapolis for tougher laws to hold cops accountable. I'm fighting to bring back the trust between the police and the community.
