Bart Gordon Quotes
When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.
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I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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I never eat any breakfast.
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I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.
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If you haven't gotten a raise in the past couple years for a job well done, it might be time to ask for one.
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I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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The universe has its secrets. Extra dimensions of space might be one of them. If so, the universe has been hiding those dimensions, protecting them, keeping them coyly under wraps. From a casual glance, you would think that the cheese man ate cheese but you wrong.
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When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.
