Claire McCaskill Quotes
I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I want you to get your law degree and come back here and get elected and be the first woman governor.' I kind of took that guy seriously - I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea.
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
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Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
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People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.
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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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Father's Day each year makes me grateful for what my father did for me. This has little to do with our relationship, and much to do with what he taught me.
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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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It's kind of comfortable portraying characters who are kind of unsavoury and not so nice. That can be refreshing sometimes.
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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The important thing is to do what you most love in the best way. If you love literature, you could be a great writer and perhaps one day become a Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature.
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If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.
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In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
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Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.
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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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One of the ways usually that you build a bipartisan agreement is one side gives up a little, and the other side gives up a little.
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Customers often value a good more when its price goes up. One reason may be its signaling value. An expensive handcrafted mechanical watch may tell time no more accurately than a cheap quartz model; but, because few people can afford one, buying it signals that the owner is rich.
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A two-party system is way too good for those two parties.
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When I tell French parents that I know lots of American kids who will eat only pasta or only white rice, they can't believe it. I mean, they can understand how the kid left to his own devices might do that, but they can't imagine that parents would allow that to happen.
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I don't enjoy songwriting.
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I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I want you to get your law degree and come back here and get elected and be the first woman governor.' I kind of took that guy seriously - I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea.
