Charles Schumer (Charles Ellis Schumer) Quotes
When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.
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You can involve yourself in electronics, computers, puzzles... there's a lot of creativity and brain working. There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.
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In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.
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You have to have in mind what you want when you go public. It's not just an end in and of itself. Suddenly, you have investors to satisfy. Investors who want - who demand - a return.
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One superlatively important effect of wide reading is the enlargement of vocabulary which always accompanies it.
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I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.
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Even growing up the way I did, I was shocked by the level of poverty I saw as a college student. I thought the best way to understand it was to get close to it on the ground level.
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I love Mickey Mantle. Would I have felt the same if I had known when I was eight years old what I know now?
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Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.
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It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
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I'm a big R&B guy. I'm a huge R. Kelly fan.
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My favourite actress is Meryl Streep. Oh, and Anna Magnani.
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If our games can help people, that's the best reward we can get.
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Many young artists, they look at the art world and think they can make a lot of money.
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We have a good opportunity to be good parents right now.
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We, the human beings in this world, if there is a spark of goodness or kindness in our hearts, avoid judging people. We prefer forgiving to judging.
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Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful.
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I have sort of the career where, if you are a fan, you've been following me for a while, and you really like something that I've done, so meeting those people is always a really gracious experience.
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The debt-ceiling vote isn't about what will be done in the future; it is about the integrity of America's commitment to support the bonds we issue. Elected officials have an obligation to maintain that integrity, regardless of whether they voted for the programs that required the borrowing in the first place.
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When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.
