Bart Stupak Quotes
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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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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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The very first role I ever played was as a 17-year old South African girl who dreamed of being a star and left home to meet her mother in the big city so that she could pursue that dream. I left South Africa and met my mother in Vancouver and not long after that was given the opportunity to perform on the stage and have people chant my name.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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I was thinking things had changed: that the next generation of men weren't as institutionally misogynist as the previous were. And then, suddenly, the Internet came along and gave them a platform to voice their feelings anonymously. And boy, did the bile come out.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
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The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
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I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. It wasn't until 1980 - I think I was 12 years old - that I thought, 'Wow that's what I want to do. I want to be on the Olympic team.'
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The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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Every child, woman and man has a right to enough nutritious food for an active and healthy life.
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Success isn't always going to be a huge contract; success is going to be if you just live out your purpose in life.
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Right-to-life groups won't fund us because we're Democrats.
