Randi Weingarten Quotes
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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I moved about 45 minutes from West Hollywood, and I live surrounded by nature and the wilderness, but I constantly find myself walking around, like in the commercial, saying, 'Can you hear me now?'
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The fact that we walked away from the Middle East, as distasteful as it was for us to stay involved and prevent wars, based on our long involvement there, we have helped to create and provide a foundation. Obviously for ISIS and also for the absolute barbarianism and human catastrophe that Assad impacted on his people.
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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
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We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations.
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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Their chief residence was Bagdad, where they remained until the eleventh century, an age fatal in Oriental history, from the disasters of which the Princes of the Captivity were not exempt.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.
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To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
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Car chases are as painstaking to make as they are fun to watch. They take a lot of time, and you have to keep the energy up.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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I think it's a tough transition. It's easy to go from comedian to rapper, but to go from rapper to comedian is tougher.
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When people are nervous, some people move around. Some people scratch their leg.
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I've never been one of those guys who storyboards every frame, because that would take away some of the mystery and some of the fun.
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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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The Black writer explains pain to those who inflict it.
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I'm having trouble understanding why there hasn't been further progress on CalgaryNext.
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My family is full of musicians, and a couple of times a year we get together and jam at my cousin's studio. We improvise and have a great time.
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The American Federation of Teachers has a long track record of working with administrators, parents, and communities to provide real help to struggling students and low-performing schools. We've learned that intensive interventions, proven programs, and adequate resources can transform students' lives and their schools.
