Gina Raimondo Quotes
The public library is where I studied. It’s where my grandfather taught himself English.
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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time.
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My baby is amazing; even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him! He's a big, beautiful boy. He's great.
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I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book.
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There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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I think there's a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people's bodies and become someone's parent, or become someone's child. Maybe my dad disappearing was his way of giving me material with which to work, or a predisposition to feel heightened emotions.
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I can't hear music. I don't understand it. It's so above and beyond me.
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My own experience, though, as a business executive and as a governor, tells me that businesses are interested in a lot more than a low tax rate when they decide where to locate.
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I am most attached to my mother, who always travels with me when I am on an outdoor location or abroad. She is my friend, who I share everything with.
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One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
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I have this dream that the first responders to 911 calls will not be law enforcement personnel but robots. Robots can put eyes and ears on the scene much faster than you can with policemen or women.
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All you need to do to be my friend is like me.
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Don't forget I'm from a military family. I was in special training in the army. I am tall, sporty and - how do you say - you can always protect yourself... I have very strong security.
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When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
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I consider myself West African, among other cultural identities, and a writer, among other creative ones.
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The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In reality, no parent raises a child alone. How many of us nice middle-class folk could make it without our mortgage reduction.
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Once the government can demand of a publisher the names of the purchasers of his publication, the free press as we know it disappears. Then the spectre of a government agent will look over the shoulder of everyone who reads. ... Fear of criticism goes with every person into the bookstall. The subtle, imponderable pressures of the orthodox lay hold. Some will fear to read what is unpopular, what the powers-that-be dislike. ... fear will take the place of freedom in the libraries, book stores, and homes in the land.
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Love is junk.
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Each instant of life is a step toward death.
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The more challenges you face in life, the more of life you experience - this lived experience gives one the 'influence' to impact others' lives.
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The public library is where I studied. It’s where my grandfather taught himself English.
