Charles B. Rangel (Charles Bernard Rangel) Quotes
Reapportionment is not friendly to a lot of communities and it hasn't been too friendly to mine.Charles B. Rangel
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I don't ever wish I was somebody else.
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People who get trapped in the tunnel vision of making money think that is all there is to life.
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There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.
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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
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But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they make it clear that it's America's bullying foreign policy they detest.
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If a man is pictured chopping off a woman's breast, it only gets a R rating, but if, God forbid, a man is pictured kissing a woman's breast, it gets an X rating. Why is violence more acceptable than tenderness?
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I guess music is very global.
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There's three networks you want to be on: It's either AMC, HBO, or Showtime.
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The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.
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What's beautiful is all that counts, pal. That's all that counts.
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The talent is always there and art is cyclical. I'm optimistic.
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I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.
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I have this fear of falling in front of large groups of people. That's why I tend not to wear heels.
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Never buy four C-plus paintings when you can buy one A.
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Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
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Making love is, simply put, poetry in motion.
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Television itself is an intimate medium. It's in your house. You're visiting with these people... Not everybody's going to like it, just like not everybody likes everybody on the playground. I mean, that's life - especially if your job is to just go out there and be yourself.
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All actors are insecure. And I've got my insecurities, which is why I go to the gym all the time.
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When you have a little 10-month-old who is climbing up your leg because you are their mountain - there's no nobler reason to get out of bed every day. There's no better reason to live, to make sure you provide as much guidance and as much room for that child to thrive.
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I'm a Detroit Tigers fan through and through.
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Reapportionment is not friendly to a lot of communities and it hasn't been too friendly to mine.
Charles B. Rangel
