Eleanor Smeal Quotes
We think it's so important that we get [Carolyne] Maloney in that seat [in Congress]. It's one of the reasons; we also think that she is a unique person that deserves it and would help advance women's rights.
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My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother dies in your arms - just you and her, and it's one o'clock in the morning, and you're waiting for her to exhale - you just think, life's too bloody short to argue about the little things.
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I don't know what's with me and the 'of God' shows. It's hard to tweet about, because I guess 'God' triggers some kind of filter.
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Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer most.
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I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.
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I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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The best way to catch my attention is to throw a Twinkie near my face.
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My witness is the empty sky.
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I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
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It is up to God to reveal a religion, but up to us to understand and realise it.
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Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely short-sighted and unfortunately, extremely pervasive.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Best advice: 'Just be yourself.' Worst advice: 'Just be yourself.'
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But pain is hard to put into words and in life there is always pain. It’s as natural as birth or death. Pain makes us who we are, it teaches us and tames us, it can destroy and it can save.
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I always had a struggle, which I still do, when you're playing a character and it's not necessarily your morals or your values. You're playing a character, but the way the media will sometimes ask you if these are your opinions, you know - they make you responsible for that, and I take issue with it because I don't believe in censorship.
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For the last 50 years, the federal government has taken out of the Gulf Coast $165 billion in taxes that came from oil and gas off of our coast that went to the federal Treasury, to rebuild all places in America except the place that it came from.
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Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.
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We think it's so important that we get [Carolyne] Maloney in that seat [in Congress]. It's one of the reasons; we also think that she is a unique person that deserves it and would help advance women's rights.
