Earl Blumenauer Quotes
Whether it's in in livability, transportation, or the environment, Portland is always leading the country. We have more to do before we achieve our goals, but we should all be encouraged by our progress and this recognition.
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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I start the day with oatmeal with vanilla almond milk. If I don't, I'm dying by noon and eating everything in sight. On-set, I avoid crap and pack soup and salad. I cook pork chops or turkey tacos for dinner.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry.
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In the 1960s, and stretching back to the 1930s, it was felt by many economists that easy money is a reliable way to increase employment.
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I think, the people around home are very supportive to us.
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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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My stepfather had a connection with The Second City and told me I should go there. I woke up in a cold sweat one night and said, 'I'm moving to Chicago.' That's how I went to Second City.
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I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.
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What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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Hair wax is my go-to. When it comes to shampoo, I use whatever is at the rink.
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As we enter our centennial year we are still a young nation, very much in the formative stages. Our national condition is still flexible enough that we can make almost anything we wish of our nation. No other country is in a better position than Canada to go ahead with the evolution of a national purpose devoted to all that is good and noble and excellent in the human spirit.
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When you move from a different country, it takes a while to make friends. I found myself being lonely a lot at first. In New Delhi, I had all my family. But Portland is one of those cities you can immerse yourself in and feel comfortable. People are so friendly.
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When you get older, two things happen to you. You begin to lose your hearing, and I forget what the other one is.
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Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.
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Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals.
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Whether it's in in livability, transportation, or the environment, Portland is always leading the country. We have more to do before we achieve our goals, but we should all be encouraged by our progress and this recognition.
