Charles B. Rangel (Charles Bernard Rangel) Quotes
America was born as a nation of immigrants who have always contributed to its greatness.Charles B. Rangel
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I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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When I wake up on a Sunday morning with a slight hangover, in the gym with no makeup on, that's who Natalie Dormer really is. The girl next door who gets a spot on her forehead occasionally.
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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I have always been a generous and enthusiastic reader.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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Competition on anything is good, because it makes everybody better.
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When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.
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An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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I took a job at a white-shoe NYC law firm, with an office, business cards, and a fat starter paycheck.
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When I am not working, I am home. I love spending time at my house.
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I sold steaks over the phone in Omaha, Nebraska. Marbling, fantastic. That's what makes a great steak; a lot of people don't know.
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One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.
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European fisheries are a disaster. The American fisheries are well-kept.
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In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth.
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I've been in Africa, America, moving around a lot. It's helped me to open up my mind. I was born in Jamaica; I've lived all my life there and got all I could from Jamaica. But I needed to be somewhere else to grow.
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I call America our emerging market. They find it very amusing when I said that.
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America was born as a nation of immigrants who have always contributed to its greatness.
Charles B. Rangel
