Amy Poehler Quotes
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. Continue to share your heart with people even if it's been broken.
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In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails.
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My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
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I love working the legislative process.
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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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Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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Half of my closet is Barbie clothes - PVC skirts, cropped fuzzy sweaters, and velvet minis.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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My touchstone for every question is the Constitution.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
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Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.
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As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasn't made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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Do you know anything that in all its innocence is more humiliating than the funny pages of a Sunday newspaper in America?
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My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother?
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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I think it is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent in getting the right answer (two people who don't know something are no better than one), will tend to slow down progress, and will make the task incredibly expensive.
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Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. Continue to share your heart with people even if it's been broken.
