Carrie Jones Quotes

I used to be embarrassed by my mom, but now I know what she is—she’s a hero.

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• I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • People
  • Me
  • Daily

• I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Political
  • Involvement
  • Off

• Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions.

  

  Malcolm Fraser
  • People
  • Find
  • Solutions

• Personal life? I'd like to keep it private.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Life
  • Like
  • Personal

• My goal in politics from the very beginning has been, and will be, the goal of giving Ukraine a chance to finally secure a firm footing in the world as a competitive, independent and real European state.

  

  Yulia Tymoshenko
  • World
  • Real
  • Giving

• Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • May
  • Growth
  • Moral

• Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • Wisdom
  • Everything
  • Create

• Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Democracy
  • End
  • Competition

• There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Universe
  • Object
  • Soft

• Every game has to teach you how to walk, run, talk, use.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Game
  • Teach
  • Walk

• When I was 14, I decided that I really wanted to pursue polo more, so I asked my parents if it would be okay for me to go live on a farm outside the city so I could play.

  

  Nacho Figueras
  • Live
  • Parents
  • City

• I would argue that you're only going to get the conservatives, particularly a Republican House, to pass immigration reform if we, as conservatives, are reassured that the border is controlled and that we get to vote on whether the border is controlled.

  

  Rand Paul
  • House
  • You
  • Immigration

• The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.

  

  Youssou N'Dour
  • Question
  • Matter
  • Everyone

• Most of the Michelle Bachmanns and Mitt Romneys who say such terrible things about us actually is a positive force, because it allows sensible people to realize how stupid and vile their beliefs are.

  

  Larry Kramer
  • People
  • Positive
  • Stupid

• I don't get hung up on weight.

  

  Jack Black
  • Up
  • Get
  • Weight

• Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.

  

  Jack Paar
  • People
  • Fun
  • Saying

• Set in the advertising world of the 1960s, 'Mad Men' is stunning to look at - a Camelot-era parade of smartly dressed professionals lounging around on midcentury modern furniture.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • World
  • Men
  • Mad

• I know the government needs to ensure economic growth... we just hope it takes care of the environment, too.

  

  Ma Jun
  • Hope
  • Government
  • Environment

• When an international news organization covers a story in Somalia, Yemen, Sudan or wherever, they will fly a crew to go there, spend a few days, interact with some officials and analysts, most of the time English-speaking elite, and file the story and go home.

  

  Wadah Khanfar
  • Time
  • Home
  • English

• Determining how many asbestos suits have been filed or how much companies have spent to resolve them is difficult. Cases are filed in state and federal courts, and many companies do not disclose their spending on settlements.

  

  Alex Berenson

• Nowadays I'd describe myself as earnest, terribly earnest. I'm the person who wants everybody in the room to feel important and happy.

  

  America Ferrera
  • Important
  • Happy

• I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one.

  

  Joan Didion
  • Pool
  • Swimming

• For me, the spirit of Christmas means being happy and giving freely. It's a tradition for all the kids in the family to help mom decorate the tree. Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking and making merry.

  

  Malaika Arora Khan
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Help

• I used to be embarrassed by my mom, but now I know what she is—she’s a hero.

  

  Carrie Jones
  • Mom
  • Hero
  • Now