Charles Schumer (Charles Ellis Schumer) Quotes
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When 'our people' get to the point where they can do us some good, they stop being 'our people.'
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I have never anticipated success. I choose work, give it my best shot, and leave it.
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I can't really live outside Jamaica. I can be away, but only for a while.
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These are issues we've been grappling with since the Constitution was written: how you hold your government to account for its words and deeds. It's all about power and the abuse of power.
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Once, and only once, I walked on stage and my mind went utterly blank! I had no idea why I was there! My fellow actors had to rescue me. I was very young and new to the business, so I'm glad it didn't give me stage fright for the rest of my life!
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As a kid from Texas, it always amazes me when city kids don't know how to ride a bike.
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Nobody makes me do anything I don't want to do. It's my decision. So the biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.
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The cure for all the illness of life is stored in the inner depth of life itself, the access to which becomes possible when we are alone. This solitude is a world in itself, full of wonders and resources unthought of. It is absurdly near; yet so unapproachably distant.
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I thought it was time to add a little humor.
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I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me.
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When I was a kid looking at pictures of the Sphynx, and the Pyramids, and different tribes in Africa, all of that stuck with me, and I always wanted to see those things and meet those people.
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How deeply did you learn to let go?
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People relate to me, and I try to make songs that make people smile.
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I'm not a Republican, and I'm not a Democrat.
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My husband is a Democrat, and I am a Republican, so our political ambitions are on opposite ends.
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The main reason why we look constantly to the Gita is that, whenever we need help, we may get it from the Gita. And, indeed, we always do get it.
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One of the reasons that Christians read Scripture repeatedly and carefully is to find out just how God works in Jesus Christ so that we can work in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Democrats don't relate to middle-class people.
