Nancy Pelosi Quotes
In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
Quotes to Explore
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The trouble with making music as a job is that I have no outside interests. All I can do to wind down is go to sleep.
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
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Wealth is the ultimate panacea to poverty.
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You can't write a screenplay if you've been doing a zero-hours contract. Which means that the people who write drama, the people who commission dramas, and the people who direct dramas all come from a small circle of society.
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I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.
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I think Hugh Laurie is awesome. You just want to loathe that guy in 'House' because he is not a friendly person, but somehow or another, he is profoundly charming.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.
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No one thought the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight would happen, but I had patience.
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World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.
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Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
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I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
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A lot of people have culturally induced ethical blindness, but they can be cured!
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I didn't do 'Orange' because I knew it was good. I wanted to do this because it feels good. And I just knew that was the place I needed, wanted to be.
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Every time I get a tattoo, my parents say they'll disown me. I have to get them airbrushed for Charmed. Witches don't have tattoos, I guess.
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Nowadays people talk about PayPal's founders as prescient geniuses who would inevitably change the world. It was, however, not so obvious that PayPal would taste its first major success by helping people sell Beanie Babies on eBay. But they had a vision, a hope, and the perseverance to try multiple iterations until they got it right.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
