Gary Locke Quotes
I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle.

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In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails.
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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I mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants.
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I was shocked when I heard that Farghadani had been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison on spurious charges, as Amnesty International notes, of 'spreading propaganda against the system,' 'insulting members of the parliament through paintings' and 'insulting the Supreme Leader' with her cartoon.
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I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.
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Kids have parents. Let the parents be responsible for the kids.
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I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.
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If an employer had to pay a man one dollar for the same work a woman could do for 59 cents, why would anyone hire a man?
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We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
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It's the biggest party in the world, and you have to keep the whole thing percolating, which is difficult because a lot of awards most people don't care about.
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I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle.