Barney Frank Quotes
Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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Sometimes people fear the truth. They'd rather not speak to you than know what you really think.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.
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I love 'The Guardian' series. Bianca St. Ives is one of my favorite heroines ever, and the combination of action, suspense, and romance makes her story pure fun to write.
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I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents who would nurture me and guard me through that part of life, at a very young age.
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I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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I am healthy and happy.
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The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.
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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Make sure that the people at the top are working together and there aren't divisions of labor. Don't have people working in silos; have them working across the team.
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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.
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It is much to be wished that one had a post that knew what it was doing again; and lawmakers that knew what they were doing. If I were the Government, I should feel rather ashamed of making regulations one month and unmaking them the next.
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Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle.
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Growing up, my mom would watch 'Notting Hill' a lot. She loves Hugh Grant.
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I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working.
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Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans.
