Charles B. Rangel (Charles Bernard Rangel) Quotes
A default on our debts as a result of not meeting our obligations would be a disaster for the stock market, and Americans would see their retirement funds shrivel up.Charles B. Rangel
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
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Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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A person's portrayal on TV isn't always how someone is.
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The hand that signed the paper felled a city; Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath, Doubled the globe of dead and halved a country; These five kings did a king to death.
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Devaluations are never easy.
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My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.
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The working class who toil everyday to pay their rent and put food on their families' tables are tired of being lectured by the fat cats in Washington and Brussels who preach what we need and when we need it.
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A default on our debts as a result of not meeting our obligations would be a disaster for the stock market, and Americans would see their retirement funds shrivel up.
Charles B. Rangel
