Gail Collins Quotes
Can I say that I think it should be against the law for one state to use taxpayer money to try to bribe businesses in another state to move? Which then causes the target state to use taxpayer dollars to try to bribe the businesses to stay.
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If you try to create something that everybody can relate to, you're gonna make something that nobody can relate to.
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Nothing improves your confidence and brings a team together more than winning a cup.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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Thanks to 'A Prophet,' I'm known in a lot of countries.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
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My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before.
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It's very good for you, riding. You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses to have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move - particularly if you're doing dressage.
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I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
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I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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I had this dream that I was going to come to New York and be a writer.
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I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too.
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With a focus on records and making money, you tend to miss a good story.
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Some of the best logos are the simplest. One of the oldest is the mark used by the Bass brewery: a red triangle. Target has made a red circle with a red dot in the middle seem the very essence of affordable, hip practicality.
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I've been to London twice. I saw the Broadway show 'Billy Elliot' there - phenomenal. I was crying through the entire thing.
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Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.
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We've always believed in our music.
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I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal.
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I was not a very good football player. My coach hated me - I don't know why, I guess it's probably because I wasn't very talented.
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My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
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And that's what happened to that show. It started ordinary, it started really rather bad. As I said, there was a review that said, really, we think the commercials are better than the show. And then it gradually developed.
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The most interesting thing about the idea of money is that it makes it possible to measure something in previous ages we couldn't be sure about, and that something is power.
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Can I say that I think it should be against the law for one state to use taxpayer money to try to bribe businesses in another state to move? Which then causes the target state to use taxpayer dollars to try to bribe the businesses to stay.
