Claire McCaskill Quotes
We work for the public, and I believe that if a senator wants to block a piece of legislation or a nominee, they owe the public an explanation.
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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It's the fans that need spring training. You gotta get 'em interested. Wake 'em up and let 'em know that their season is coming, the good times are gonna roll.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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I bring spiritual books with me while travelling. I like books about thoughts and how you see the world.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were.
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The motto of the Netherlands is translated into English as 'I will uphold.' But I want you to know that, as we go forward, our message together is not just 'I will uphold,' but 'we will uphold.'
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I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.
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I have been blessed to see visions of eternity; and events in my future that have been important for me to foresee, have been revealed to me.
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We work for the public, and I believe that if a senator wants to block a piece of legislation or a nominee, they owe the public an explanation.
