Patrick J. Kennedy Quotes
My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.Patrick J. Kennedy
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Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more relevant place to talk about the issues facing our community today than the place where African culture became American culture.
Tavis Smiley -
Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.
Magnus Carlsen -
Everywhere in the world, we're aware that democracy has incredible flaws and that the word has been used, especially in the United States, to wage wars.
Gael Garcia Bernal -
It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
Cameron Sinclair -
I really found this campaign odious. I couldn't get up for it. The quality of the candidates and the campaign, I just found the whole thing second-rate. I didn't know how to explain to my granddaughter that I was spending my dotage writing about Al Gore and George W. Bush.
Jack Germond -
Coco Chanel once said that what makes a woman look old is trying desperately to look young. Why should one be ashamed to be 84? Why do you have to say that you're 52? Nobody's going to believe you anyway, so why be such a fool? It's nice that you got to be so old. It's a blessing.
Iris Apfel
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I like being friends with other women who are supportive of women. I think that is important.
Mandy Moore -
Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
Zach Braff -
I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
Fernando Botero -
Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
Sam Altman -
The interest on our debt is going to collapse this country.
Ted Yoho -
The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, 'Oh my God!'
Zooey Deschanel
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I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.'
Gary Ross -
'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
Tate Donovan -
I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
Naguib Mahfouz -
I'm very spiritual. I meditate every day. I don't know if that's surprising or not, but I've been doing that since I was 16 every day, so that's like kind of my thing. I'm really a hippie-chick at heart.
Madeline Zima -
I didn't work for Jimmy Carter all those years to go to cocktail parties. I was there as a political adviser, a short-order cook, to work on topical matters.
Hamilton Jordan -
For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
Randa Abdel-Fattah
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The writers want to know were you made your mistake, no how well your curve is breaking.
Alvin Dark -
I know just one thing is those guys, KG and everyone, they're hungry. They want it bad. Sam's the only one that's had that, has the ring. Other than him, everybody else over there, we want it bad.
Latrell Sprewell -
You always want to do things in your hometown. The kids feel more a part of the community when they do.
Brian Perkins -
My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.
Patrick J. Kennedy