Ron Wyden Quotes

When I was 27 years old, I organized legal aid clinics to help low-income seniors. It was a life-altering experience.

Ron Wyden

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I'd always been quite wary of doing a romantic comedy. They all seem the same to me.

Jim Sturgess

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I seem to be very attracted to strong female personalities in acting and music.

John Grant

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Making sure that when my child went to school people were enlightened enough not to torture them, you know?

Jennifer Beals

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If you were approaching the TARP investments from a pure investment standpoint, then there's no doubt in my mind the taxpayer lost, and probably lost big.

Jeb Hensarling

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The notion of 'history from below' hit the history profession in England very hard around the time I came to Oxford in the early 1960s.

Robert Darnton

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It's one thing to have talent. It's another to figure out how to use it.

Roger Miller

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I don't like hobbies. I read and travel and see my friends before they disown me.

Ruth Negga

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As artists, we'd all love to not be commercial - to not sell out to the full extent that we are able. But you do what you have to do to pay New York rent and continue to do what you feel strongly about.

Mike Birbiglia

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Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world. He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles.

Jasper Carrott

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Why climb? That's a question that baffles me. It perplexes me. I really asked that a lot on Everest. I can't justify it. I can't say it's for a good cause. All I can say is look at the history of exploration: it's full of vainglorious pursuits.

Jon Krakauer

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If there's someone getting picked on, be nice to them and be helpful to them.

JoJo Siwa

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'Donnie Darko' was my first audition ever! It opened my eyes to the possibilities within camera work.

Jolene Purdy

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