Pat Roberts Quotes
First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.
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I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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Wikipedia is kind of extreme, where a very, very small group of people contribute pretty much everything.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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When I first started in Malaysia, having a Muslim Malay girl singing and holding a guitar was new to everyone. Even Muslims there had issues with it; they found it weird.
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I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
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I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative.
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Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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There is, and there will be, an increasing demand for a principled global security provider, for a superpower that believes in multilateralism and cooperation.
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I view myself primarily as a trial lawyer who happens to be writing, as opposed to a writer who happens to be a trial lawyer, so the audience is like a jury to me.
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If people want to think I'm an Indian prince, I don't want to dispel that notion.
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I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great.
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Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.
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It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
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I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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No one wears high heels all day, every day.
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It's not every day people fly you to New York for auditions.
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And the first flight of the tether satellite happened in '92, and I was the backup on that flight.
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The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.
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First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.
