Valerie Jarrett Quotes
I think, traditionally, when the federal government has gathered statistics, it's been done in silos, so every agency really focuses on the statistics that are important to agency.
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
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Other families who are poor do what they can to get out of it. My mother did not. She did not utilise her resources. She had a degree. There was something she could have done, but she actively, purposely refused that so we could have this absolutely authentic experience of the worst of capitalism: 'See? Look how bad capitalism is.'
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I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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The crew loves working on the show, even though we have to work really hard. There's nobody in the show that's difficult. We really have a great group.
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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People want to help me. They want the best for me. I always say thank you to people when they try that. I never get mad.
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I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.
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For a while, I became an atheist; now that I'm grown up, though, I'm not hard-edged enough to be an atheist. Even though I live with a flaming atheist, I love going to temple. I love all the rituals.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time.
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Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
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All Americans are either immigrants or descendants of ancestors who came from somewhere else, including Native Americans. We should all respect and admire immigrants.
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You're only as good as your weakest link in the ecosystem of sound, of audio.
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Dress for yourself and the man you love (if there is one). Women dressing to impress other women--forget about that. Forget about that. It's a very bad way of thinking.
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I think, traditionally, when the federal government has gathered statistics, it's been done in silos, so every agency really focuses on the statistics that are important to agency.
