America Ferrera Quotes
The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is that my grandfather was a librarian who knew all sorts of random facts.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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People shouldn't have to spend a lot of money to get high-quality clothing.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
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I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.
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If you're lucky, I think you know what you want to do with your life. I think that's a greater gift that any of the gifts you might have when you do know, if you know what I mean. It must be awful to not know what to do.
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A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.
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You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
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An improv team would have eight guys and one woman; that was still pretty standard. If you were a woman improviser, it was actually kind of an advantage because, if you were halfway decent, you'd get a lot more stage time.
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I have a couple of girlfriends who've told me some horror stories but I've never had a really terrible kiss before.
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What are the earth and all its interests beside the deep surmise which pierces and scatters them?
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Our union must know no clime, boundary, or nationality… let us hold together under all climes and in every country…
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I'm not thinking when I'm writing, 'How's this going to read?' Or, 'What percentage of the audience is going to stay with me?' The thing itself is what gives me pleasure. Sometimes stuff just falls onto the page so beautifully and happily that it's deeply satisfying. It's selfish!
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I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die, their families will be able to continue to farm the land that they have protected and lived on, often for generations.
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You find little ways to keep your mind at peace so that you can, at the end of the day, do the most important thing, which is do a good job.
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The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is that my grandfather was a librarian who knew all sorts of random facts.
