Alice Barrett Quotes
It sustained me... I can't tell you how much their support meant to me when I was leaving and coming back and even while I was gone, there was a part of me that knew people were pulling for me.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.
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I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay.
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Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact.
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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My favorite part of any project is the preparation. It's where you get to meet the people, the experts.
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There's something really interesting about having those close friends that you've had incredible times with but growing up and away from them. The underlying tensions, the shifting in the group dynamic, the little lies you tell to big yourself up: it's something that happens to us all.
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A good day for Barack Obama is anytime the dominant topic of discussion is anything but the economy.
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Like many older D.C. organizations, Common Cause has had to come a long way both in its use of the Internet and its understanding of the great value of engaging people in a broader online dialogue.
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Whenever a star speaks, he creates a lot of employment for people.
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It sustained me... I can't tell you how much their support meant to me when I was leaving and coming back and even while I was gone, there was a part of me that knew people were pulling for me.
