Marcy Kaptur Quotes
For me, appropriations bills are the glue. These are the bills that must move, no matter what, to keep the government functioning as a reliable element of our society. The Appropriations Committee shouldn't be the most political place to be; it's the place where we have to make the institution function for the country.
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I don't ever know where I'm going. Because one of the wonderful things about writing, which is different than working in programming, you don't need to know. You could just write and discover where you're going. And it's a great deal of fun.
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When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.
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It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.
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I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning and go out in the alley because I just knew that the paper-towel roll I threw in the recycling bin was uncomfortable, like it was lying the wrong way, and I would be down in the garbage.
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I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied something other than acting in college.
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Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
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Well, I like chocolate stuff; I don't like any of that other gross sugary candy.
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I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.
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I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.
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In Chicago, they die for their teams.
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I'm like a kid in a sweet shop every day. It's slightly cringey how much fun I have.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.
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Sometimes, I think the best kind of poem is one in which there is an acute balance between what is humorous and that which is very serious. That balance is very hard to strike. But it can be done.
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I had already played a lead on Broadway before I ever did a film. I had had three, four seasons of stock with good, fat parts, good supporting and leading parts. And I had done, oh, God, over 400 live TV shows.
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I consider myself Istanbul's storyteller. My subject matter is my town. I consider it my job to explore the hidden patterns of my city's clandestine corners, its shady, mysterious places, the things I love.
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I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education - that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society.
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I started rapping before anybody had ever bought a car from it. It was truly about the art form and the culture, more so than now, where it's a successful way to make money. Back then you had to be doing it because you liked it.
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I think it's important to remember that civil rights and economic rights are mutually dependent.
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We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.
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For me, appropriations bills are the glue. These are the bills that must move, no matter what, to keep the government functioning as a reliable element of our society. The Appropriations Committee shouldn't be the most political place to be; it's the place where we have to make the institution function for the country.
