Eliot Engel Quotes
While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos.
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For a long time, I thought I was going to play basketball. There's not many 6-4 white guys playing the three spot in the NBA, so I realized I probably didn't have much of a future in basketball and that football was probably going to be my best bet.
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In the age of the internet when everybody's a pundit, we're still gonna need somebody there to go talk to the colonels, to be on the ground in Baghdad and stuff and that's very expensive.
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I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
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The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
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For me, the idea of curating can be expanded. Curating science, curating art, music and theater and performance and not only bring those things into art but bring art into those areas.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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Making movies, you're like an independent contractor - you come in, you have a specific job, and a lot of what you do is completely manipulated, which is good and bad.
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I'm the type of guy to put the water on the stove and then walk away and 10 seconds later be like, 'Come on, boil'!
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For some reason, and for a time such as this, God has given me favor with kings and princes.
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We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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Older prisoners are more expensive for prisons to house because they tend to require more health care over time.
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While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos.
