Laurie Graham Quotes
With Alzheimer's, recent memory is affected first. At the start, you count the memory loss in days, then hours - then in minutes. But there's also an insidious backward creep of deterioration.
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Republicans traditionally say, 'oh, we'll cut domestic spending, but we won't touch the military.' The liberals - the ones who are good - will say, 'oh, we'll cut the military, but we won't cut domestic spending.'
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And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.
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One of the last books I read was 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. It gives a really good behind-the-scenes look at the campaigns. I didn't ask the president how accurate it was. I wouldn't ask him that.
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People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.
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Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.
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If there's a rift in the marriage - if someone feels neglected, frustrated, tempted by others, or unsure - then trouble can easily arise.
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And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
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I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
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September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
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I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.
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I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything.
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When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but I just wasn't focused on school - I was into the music and trying to please my dad.
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Xherdan Shaqiri is a player who can make the difference because he can decide games on his own.
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Sometimes you'll see people give performances in comedy with an ironic detachment where they'll sort of be remarking on the character from outside of it. They're sort of commenting as they're playing the character. I think it's hard not to do that. I've certainly done that.
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I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject.
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But my friends, my brothers and sisters of the Pacific, we know who we are. We carry in our hearts the knowledge that we are the bearers of a proud legacy that surely marks us as people of strength, and courage and will. We have survived in our aquatic continent through many centuries.
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A good fan base has developed around the Hurricanes, and I see the opportunity for continued growth for this franchise in the future.
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I can't believe it hasn't happened yet. It's a shame and it's disappointing. I don't know what the problem is.
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I'm not opposed to putting myself in danger for meaningless comedy.
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I don't suffer the decisions the studio world makes.
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With Alzheimer's, recent memory is affected first. At the start, you count the memory loss in days, then hours - then in minutes. But there's also an insidious backward creep of deterioration.
