Elizabeth Esty Quotes
I'm a mom. That probably hinders sometimes and helps sometimes. To some people, that makes me more approachable.
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Scores of armed antigovernment groups, some of them far more radical, have formed or been revived during the Obama years, according to law-enforcement agencies and outside watchdogs.
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Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan to keep America safe is resonating with voters.
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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America is essentially an entrepreneurial culture: the sizzle is the steak, because, after all, if you buy the sizzle, the steak comes with it. Canada's, in contrast, is a primary-producing culture: we'll buy the steak and hope to get a little sizzle with it. But we know we can't eat sizzle.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
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It's hard to say conversation has become a minimal thing, because look at the rise of mobile communications in the last 10 years. It used to be only the president had a mobile phone. Now everyone on earth, even if they have nothing else, they have a cell phone.
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I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.
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My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage ground.
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It's creepy to see fan sites about me.
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There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.
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I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls.
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I think novels - or any art form - can have a powerful impact on people's perceptions of race, particularly if they draw attention to the absurd inconsistencies and stereotypes we all carry around with us and don't want to think about.
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'American Idol' gives people really wonderful opportunities, and they shouldn't take flak for what people do with that opportunity after they leave the show. A lot of casting rooms I was in, that was the only thing on my resume, and people would just be like, 'Oh, here's Katie Stevens. Another 'American Idol' girl who thinks she could be an actor.'
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The future of the airlines lay in hauling people, not in hauling mail for the government.
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It's not the traditional promise ring. It's basically to always stay truthful. I think that's a really important part of a relationship, that you're always honest with each other.
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I'm a mom. That probably hinders sometimes and helps sometimes. To some people, that makes me more approachable.
