Raul Labrador Quotes
I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it.
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We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old - and that's the criterion by which I'll be selecting my judges.
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I'm an American citizen now, but I will always have Canadian pride.
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When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.
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The American world had - seemingly, at least - become a Jeffersonian world by the election of 1800, which placed Thomas Jefferson in the presidency. Jefferson had been Hamilton's rival in the new government's early years, and Hamilton has figured in the public memory almost as much for that rivalry as for his positive achievements.
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On a certain level, I don't think there is an answer to what the American way is, because it is constantly being re-defined. It's also been exploited and capitalized upon and politicized by one side or the other to the point that a certain degree of cynicism has attached itself to that term.
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Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatness of this country.
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I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.
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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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We have lost the good old British spirit. Instead we have American journalism and black-shirted buffoons making a cheap imitation of ice-cream sellers.
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I want people to understand that we, the American people, are not each other's enemies. The real enemies are those people who are trying to divide us into every little possible group.
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What kind of people do we wish to become, and how do we know an American when we see one? Is it possible to pursue a common purpose without a common history or a standard text?
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Many of my generation, the career captains, majors, and lieutenant colonels seasoned in that war Vietnam, vowed that when our turn came to call the shots, we would not quietly acquiesce in halfhearted warfare for half-baked reasons that the American people could not understand.
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Mateen pledged allegiance to ISIS during his attack, the worst terror attack on American soil since 9/11.
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My opponent asks her supporters to recite a three-word loyalty pledge. It reads, 'I'm With Her.' I choose to recite a different pledge. My pledge reads, 'I'm with you - the American people.'
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Ever since 9/11, our intelligence agencies, as part of the 'war on terror,' have expanded their operations to include American citizens. I was 'terrorized' when I learned that the National Security Agency was intercepting information on Americans.
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The American dream, what we were taught was, grow up, own a car, own a house. I think that dream's completely changing. We were taught to keep up with the Joneses. Now we're sharing with the Joneses.
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I never thought about how I didn't have a cell phone or I'm in 2011. I was just so happy to be able to be a character in the 30s and there are these actresses that I really liked in the 40s, 50s and 60s in American movies that I've seen since I was a little girl. But you don't really think like that when you prepare for a role.
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Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience.
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What happens to the Microsofts, Oracles and IBMs of the world is that when they get big enough, they don't think they need to bring that same level of focus and energy to the end-user experience.
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I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl.
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Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus.
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I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it.
