Ann Callis Quotes
Both of my children - my daughter Caroline, a public school teacher, and my son Elliot, an Army Ranger - are dedicating their lives to public service; thus, they have inspired my own decision to run for Congress.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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I'd just play 'til my hands fell off. My parents would yell at me to stop because they couldn't stand the noise any more! I was terrible! It must have been hard for them to listen to me as a beginning drummer.
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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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My parents were the good parents that said, 'You should try and get a good job and go to college and get an education.'
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.
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I have a Stella McCartney Adidas sports bra. I feel like I'm totally comfortable running. No problem. I have support where I need it.
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It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.
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I have little doubt that gerontologists will eventually find a way to avoid, or more likely, delay, the unpleasantries of extended life.
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Music continues to remind me that its boundaries are limitless.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman's films.
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Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good.
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New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you can tap a few keywords into monster.com, then click through and apply? Why pay a steep per-character rate for a classified when you can hawk a whole garage full of used stuff on EBay or Craigslist for free?
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It's a courageous thing to do something that doesn't have rules or limits.
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The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.
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The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.
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My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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I’ve been round the world several times and now only banality still interests me.
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Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing.
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My daughter introduced me to myself.
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There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.
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Both of my children - my daughter Caroline, a public school teacher, and my son Elliot, an Army Ranger - are dedicating their lives to public service; thus, they have inspired my own decision to run for Congress.
