Rachel Maddow Quotes
I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.
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I am a human being. When you are frustrated, you do cry. It's more than once that I cried.
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Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation.
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I am in agreement with income-tax protesters that the tax, as commonly applied, is unconstitutional, unfair, and immoral.
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I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being exactly that.
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Wherever I am, I take books, not novels.
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I don't sleep enough, and it does... what is the opposite of wonders... horrors. It does horrors for my skin.
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I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.
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I am the way I am. If you like me because I'm glamorous, so be it. If you like me, because I speak well or I have a brain and opinion, so be it.
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I am a worrier. I worry about the state of our country, of the world, of our species. Every day seems to deliver a new nail to hammer into our collective coffin.
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I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.
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Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That's just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin.
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Whenever I go to L.A., the make-up artist or hairdresser will end up having a conversation about how fat they think they are, and I really just can't take it seriously at all.
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Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.
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I've been pretty lucky with neighbors. But back in 1998, I lived, like, literally next door to Wrigley Field in Chicago. And I had, like, 50,000 bad neighbors spread out over the course of one summer. I'm a diehard Cubs fan, but living right next to the ballpark, it's just - as you're trying to go to sleep, you can just, like, hear urination.
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You know what it's like to feel anxious - it's horrible feeling anxious. It's stressful having that feeling, having butterflies in your stomach, even for a day, and you don't sleep at night.
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I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.
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I am convinced that in the arts, committees are useless.
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Surprisingly, I am great at kiteboarding, but I'm not great at surfing.
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I like blues but it is music I am too ignorant to understand.
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All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else.
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The Orphan Car Show is very different from other enthusiast events in that it showcases hundreds of forgotten and unusual vehicles. Visitors can enjoy an outstanding collection of cars, trucks and motorcycles -- many they may never have seen before. Our colorfully entertaining pass-in-review is a rolling history lesson that breathes new life into each vehicle.
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I left the North when I was 21 to go to drama school in London, and I stayed there 12 years.
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Being able to speak to all my fans is really cool - you always hear people cheering for you on the court, but to have messages of support in between tournaments is really motivating.
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I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.
