Charles B. Rangel (Charles Bernard Rangel) Quotes
Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to heed the calls of governors for help in repairing the infrastructure in their states.Charles B. Rangel
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The disappearance of MH370 has tested our collective resolve.
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I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around.
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If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
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The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.
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I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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It doesn't mean much;It doesn't mean anything at all.The life I've left behind meIs a cold room.I've crossed the last lineFrom where I can't return.Where every step I took in faithBetrayed meAnd led me from my home.And sweet sweet surrenderIs all that I have to give.
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When gossip grows old it becomes myth.
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I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess – perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put a book through about 100 revisions. If anything, that's an understatement. If there's another author out there who does this sort of revision, I would really like to meet him. Maybe we could form some sort of support group.
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It's barely OK for me to be dressed up as a black guy. But part of me kind of enjoys provoking people.
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There's an obligation to let people know where their money is going, so the tour has an educational aspect, mostly as a way to thank people. But the most practical use is to raise money and do the research to figure out the proper ways to spend it. You want to make sure that the money doesn't just go somewhere where it does more harm than good.
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Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to heed the calls of governors for help in repairing the infrastructure in their states.
Charles B. Rangel
