Arlene J. Chai Quotes
The past defines us as much as the present. By never knowing my past, I was never sure of who I was. Because mine was missing, I never felt whole.
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Retired Americans living on Social Security, exempt from taxes because their income is modest, are not the problem.
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I like Lil Wayne.
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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
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My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.
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The past defines us as much as the present. By never knowing my past, I was never sure of who I was. Because mine was missing, I never felt whole.