Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Quotes
I think there's a weapon of cynicism to say, 'Protest doesn't work. Organizing doesn't work. Y'all are a bunch of hippies. You know, it doesn't do anything,' because, frankly, it's said out of fear, because it is a potent force for political change.
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I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.
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I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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I live with my mum and my nan. I think I will leave eventually, but not at the moment when they look after me so well. If you came to my house, they'd make you eat something.
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The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!
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I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Weeks go by, and I don't talk to another living soul.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.
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As long as a house is like yours, and as long as you work together with your brothers, not a house in the world will be able to compete with you, to cause you harm or to take advantage of you, for together you can undertake and perform more than any house in the world.
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I don't even date; I'm terrible with women.
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I think we spent 60-something million on 'Hateful Eight,' which is actually more than I wanted to spend, but we had weather problems. And I wanted to make it good.
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No possible future government in Kabul can be worse than the Taliban, and no thinkable future government would allow the level of Al Qaeda gangsterism to recur. So the outcome is proportionate and congruent with international principles of self-defense.
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It's difficult to be at events with a room full of women who weigh half as much as you do.
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I think there's a weapon of cynicism to say, 'Protest doesn't work. Organizing doesn't work. Y'all are a bunch of hippies. You know, it doesn't do anything,' because, frankly, it's said out of fear, because it is a potent force for political change.
