Lisa Madigan Quotes
In 2011, when the General Assembly passed the law allowing civil unions, Illinois took an important step forward to recognize that gay and lesbian couples have the right to build lives together and create strong, loving families.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking to scraps of cloth. Every country I go to, I see posters promoting the film in different languages. 'Los Muppets' - I love that!
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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.
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Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and attack basic rights. After the Civil War, with the nation in crisis, the promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed slaves was promptly betrayed.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
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There's a lot of comedy in 'The Guest,' so it was a bit more fun in a sense - it wasn't so heavy like 'It Follows.'
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There will never be talking pictures.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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If I don't like somebody's looks, I don't like them.
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Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.
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I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
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I've forgotten what it's like to remember. I've lost the mindless confidence that a moment, an idea, a thought will be there for me later, the bravado of breezing through experience in the certainty that it will become part of my self, part of my story.
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The things you encounter in your formative years always stay with you.
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I realize now that the reality of things is not something you convey to people but something you make.
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You need to be really great at your job. You need a strong network of peers, and you need a strong network of mentors.
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I’m trying to learn more about international law to understand why we don’t have better solutions for conflict - for dictators or aggressors that are hurting or raping children or using them as child soldiers. Why can’t we have an international community handle these things in a swift, efficient manner?
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The twentieth century belongs to Canada.
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In 2011, when the General Assembly passed the law allowing civil unions, Illinois took an important step forward to recognize that gay and lesbian couples have the right to build lives together and create strong, loving families.
