Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Quotes
When people feel like they are being spoken directly to, I do feel like... they'll do things like turn out in an off-year, mid-year primary.
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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I know what poverty is.
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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She looked at me penetratingly. So I suppose you can figure out what happened next.
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It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention almost in the same spot.
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Death always seems to be around me.
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There's the same percentage of genius happening in both genders, but there's less women writing scripts and out there looking for the job.
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I think people sleepwalk through their lives, and for me, I wanted to embrace everything. And that meant the agonizing pain and the transcendence, and you can't have one without the other.
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When you get to the point where you're established enough that people link you with something, especially being an action hero babe, it's awesome. Because then you can fight the battles and have the crossbows and wrestle with swords and ride the horses because you're already believable; people see you in that genre.
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The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice.
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Luxury brands are about elite access. In consumer goods, that's elite cost. In education, it's elite criteria for admission. Minerva is maintaining those high standards, but not artificially limiting the number of people who can meet it... This really may be redefining education.
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When people feel like they are being spoken directly to, I do feel like... they'll do things like turn out in an off-year, mid-year primary.
