Charles B. Rangel (Charles Bernard Rangel) Quotes
It's morally wrong, and economically self-defeating, that so much wealth flows upwards towards the richest of Americans, while millions work full time but still can't provide for their families.Charles B. Rangel
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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I have more friends in New York than Paris.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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I have a ton of videos on MySpace and YouTube.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.
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Prison has humbled me in a lot of ways, because when you go to prison, I became 11 R 2024 you know, I wasn't Ja Rule the superstar. I wasn't any of that. I was just a regular inmate.
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I'm so excited and honored to be part of 'Entertainment Tonight!' 'E.T.' was the show that started all the entertainment news, so I couldn't be more thrilled.
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The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
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When I think of the things I have, it makes me a little uneasy. I don't want people to think I've lost touch with reality.
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I'm enjoying [my career]. If anything I'm aware that the pressure of the first, I suppose, six or seven years I was in America - I mean that energy of having such a rapid and ascending celebrity - it's not there anymore. It's the end of that chapter and now I'm just enjoying the work probably more than I ever have and yet I'm simultaneously less attached to it I think, which is kind of a strange state of grace to be in.
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This group, DAR, is probably one of the finest groups there is, not only in the State of Michigan but also in the United States of America, and to be recognized by this group here in Kalamazoo, and I believe statewide too, I'm very honored.
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Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.
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It's morally wrong, and economically self-defeating, that so much wealth flows upwards towards the richest of Americans, while millions work full time but still can't provide for their families.
Charles B. Rangel
