Charles B. Rangel (Charles Bernard Rangel) Quotes
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The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!
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I come to Fashion Week events in New York City twice a year.
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What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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Hand washing is the first basic step towards achieving any millennium goals for development. It saves lives.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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Do we have the right to understand the world we live in? The right to all the information regarding why our governments are making the decisions that they are?
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Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
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A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.
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They say every writer really just writes about one thing over and over. I guess my one thing is how the past impacts the present.
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I don't even know how people read new fiction anymore because there's so much old fiction that exists that seems great that's unread. It's overwhelming to me. But, I mean, I do read. But there probably haven't been many people less literate than me that have been in 'The Paris Review.'
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I think the most important thing for me in a relationship is honesty.
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I figured, 'Why not go into entertainment?' I love entertaining people. I always loved being extra loud.
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Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball, how you run, how you receive the ball to be in rhythm.
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Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment.
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We still want to idealize moms, and sometimes we want to idealize actresses who are moms, too. I know that's something I've experienced, but we're all just doing the best we can and we're all trying to raise our kids and talk to them about everything that needs to be discussed.
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If someone takes you out, and you're wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt, and they take you to a fancy place and you're unprepared, that's bad.
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I certainly respect other people's opinions, but I would not vote for a woman to be the pastor of a church.
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Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.
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Our chefs come up with wonderful specials all the time. Thursdays are lobster night $13.95 and Wednesdays are prime rib night $12.95. We have different specials throughout the week.
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I am struck by how casually we as a nation react to the carnage in Iraq.
Charles B. Rangel
