Al Franken Quotes
The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry, which led to many consumers becoming trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.Al Franken
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
Gary Lineker -
I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors.
Gary Ross -
Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder -
I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
Sally Mann -
I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
Usain Bolt -
When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
Dane Cook
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
Rafael Nadal -
I don't know that there is a, quote, 'hip-hop lifestyle.' I think the music responds to complex social issues and injustices; I think it also raises complex social questions.
Ilyasah Shabazz -
Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
H. L. Mencken -
I had so much fun developing and launching my first fragrance with Avon, so for my second fragrance, I really wanted to add a little more edge. Outspoken Intense is a provocative blend of sexy confidence and daring femininity that captures the thrill and excitement of being centre stage.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young.
Carine Roitfeld -
At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
V. S. Naipaul
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I've always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.
Warren Farrell -
I could sing in English before I could understand it because I phonetically learned it from the musicals.
Vanessa Paradis -
You can see neurosis from below - as a sickness - as most psychiatrists see it. Or you can understand it as a compassionate man might: respecting the neurosis as a fumbling and inefficient effort toward good ends.
Abraham Maslow -
In the Jewish tradition, there is at the same time Jerusalem in the heavens and Jerusalem on the ground. Jerusalem is a living city, but also the heart, the soul of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.
Yitzhak Rabin -
When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.
Gabriel Mann -
I started modeling with a very negative part of me – I didn't really like myself or how I looked because I was very tall for a Japanese girl.
Tao Okamoto
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People either know Alan Rudolph and love every single one of his films or they don't know him at all.
Neve Campbell -
Tarantino is a spoiled little white kid. He can do any movie he wants and nobody can do anything about it.
Haile Gerima -
The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to Being and remain open to its often unfathomable dictates. This is the only way the work can transcend its creator and radiate its meaning...
Vaclav Havel -
You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
Shakira -
The U.S. should take notes: Government overspending and a campaign of alienating investors and small business isn't really the best way to boost the economy or overcome massive unemployment.
Oliver DeMille -
The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry, which led to many consumers becoming trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.
Al Franken