Richard Lugar Quotes

As a practical matter, every immigrant needs to master English to be a full participating citizen and to have full economic opportunity.

Richard Lugar

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• Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.

  

  Carl Hagelin
  • Summer
  • Favorite
  • Lake

• I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.

  

  Laila Ali
  • People
  • Pretty
  • Fighting

• We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Past
  • Care
  • Blame

• Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • Fall
  • Intellectual
  • Continue

• The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.

  

  Haley Reinhart
  • People
  • Kind
  • Audience

• Except for a handful of banks that just keep a handful of their loans in portfolio, on their balance sheet, every other loan that's originated in the United States - whether from a bank, mortgage company, mortgage broker - is sold into the secondary market.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • Balance
  • Company
  • Bank

• Marcus Samuelsson is a chef who inspires me everyday. He has such a deep understanding of flavors and techniques. His food is representative of the diverse world that we live in. What he has done in Harlem with Red Rooster is very special. Marcus is not just a chef, he's a food activist.

  

  Aaron Sanchez
  • World
  • Live
  • Done

• I played for a long time, and there's not many guys I would say, 'O.K., take any shot you want.'

  

  David Robinson The Cars
  • Time
  • Long

• You can't be distracted by the noise of misinformation.

  

  James Daly

• In 2010, aside from that niche of music that I have no interest in - Black Eyed Peas territory, disposable pop stuff - there's almost an incentive to go back to making music as adventurous and groundbreaking as you can, because nobody gets a big hit anymore.

  

  Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
  • Music
  • Black

• In the province of Quebec where I come from, we speak French, and the only cosmopolitan city is Montreal. Every time we tackle the subject of immigration and racial tension, it's an issue that concerns Montreal.

  

  Philippe Falardeau
  • Time
  • City
  • Immigration

• We actors are superstitious creatures. We do all the homework, and we put all of the components together, but there's always one key aspect that we're not in charge of, really, and that's magic. You are always on the lookout for where and how that magic is going to ignite.

  

  Lorraine Toussaint
  • Together
  • Magic

• When I got my headshots done, there was this woman screaming at me to blow my lips out. She kept saying, 'You want to be like Scarlett Johansson, don't you?' In the shot, my eyes are popping out; I look terrified. I realised I'd rather not get a job than go through pain to be something I'm not.

  

  Jessie Cave
  • Done
  • She
  • Job

• When I was brought up in Sweden, there was a great opportunity for young people to learn how to act in our municipal theaters with their small companies. You would be under contract for eight months and have the summer free to take other opportunities.

  

  Max von Sydow
  • People
  • Up
  • Great

• Of course, Hollywood is still making some excellent pictures which reflect the great artistry that made Hollywood famous throughout the world, but these films are exceptions, judging from box office returns and press reviews.

  

  Pola Negri
  • World
  • Great
  • Famous

• I'm an only child, and in college, I was given a single, and then I lived with people for, like, two years but were my best friends, and we had a really fun time. And then I lived alone or with a boyfriend. I've never really had a bad roommate situation.

  

  Ari Graynor
  • People
  • Time
  • Friends

• The success of a hat definitely lies with balancing the personality of the wearer with the type of occasion. Don't listen to those rules about face shape.

  

  Philip Treacy
  • Success
  • Personality
  • Lies

• Everyone is in the same situation, at different levels and in different places.

  

  Lauryn Hill Fugees
  • Different
  • Same
  • Situation

• If you do the bare minimum, expect bare minimum results. You want to be great, work to be great. Nothing just happens

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Work
  • Great

• We have a lot of entitlement programs in this country, and we've seen how much they cost us on the back end when people don't have the education they need. I say let's make this investment on the front end. I think it'll be better for the individual and better for our state in the long term.

  

  Bill Haslam
  • People
  • Long
  • Country

• Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to raise their voices at injustice.

  

  Anthony Lewis
  • Up
  • Work
  • Power

• When I was president, I knew exactly what I wanted to do every day to bring America together and create a greater sense of opportunity and a larger sense of responsibility and a stronger sense of community.

  

  Bill Clinton
  • Opportunity
  • Community
  • Responsibility

• When I’m alone in my room sometimes I stare at the wall, and in the back of my mind I hear my conscience call.

  

  LL Cool J
  • Mind
  • Alone
  • Sometimes

• As a practical matter, every immigrant needs to master English to be a full participating citizen and to have full economic opportunity.

  

  Richard Lugar
  • Opportunity
  • Economic
  • Citizens