Martin O'Malley Quotes

Putting middle class families in jeopardy in order to protect the wealthiest among us isn't consistent with the values and priorities that most Americans share.

Martin O'Malley

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PrioritiesValuesClassProtectUs

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

John F. Kennedy

KnowledgeAloneTalentThinkHouse

I know a lot of people who are weak, who are in a perpetual cycle of poverty and being locked up. There are guys from my neighborhood who are in jail or who are dead. It does take a certain strength to know your environment and say, 'I can grow beyond it.'

Mekhi Phifer

StrengthPeopleGrowPovertyI Can

I think it's very important to send the message that, while parents are needed to remind you to practice and occasionally force you to finish things... they also need to learn to respect you. You as an individual, ultimately, are the captain of where you're going.

Angela Duckworth

RespectPracticeParentsThinkLearn

Poverty is more than a material experience; it's a psychological state as well, one that is infused with anxiety. And decision-making is very complex because every decision you make has an impact on your future and survival.

Ann Cotton

FutureDecisionExperienceImpact

To me, it's far more efficient to mobilize the imagination. It's far more efficient to hear a creaking step, for example, than to see the face of a monster, which usually looks ridiculous, and where you know that the blood is ketchup.

Michael Haneke

ImaginationStepMeFaceYouLooks

Mother Teresa was the very embodiment of saintliness: white-clad, sad-eyed, ascetic and often photographed with the wretched of the earth.

Steven Pinker

MotherEarthVeryEmbodimentOften

I was a harpsichordist in my teens, and there was a bunch of us in Liverpool who got together every week to play Bach.

Simon Rattle

TogetherWeekPlayGotUsWho

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.

Dennis Potter

BadCreateGoodnessDoneWillWay

I think there was a time in my life, probably in college, that I wished every guy was gay because it meant more women for me! I don't know what everyone's problem with it is. I wish everyone was gay! That's always the way I thought about it. I have no issue with it. If I have to suffer through marriage, why shouldn't they?

Donald Trump, Jr.

LifeMarriageWomenTimeCollegeMe

I kind of felt like I was never good enough. I always wanted more.

Christen Press

GoodEnoughKindMoreNeverAlways

In high school, I worked at The Video Room in Oakland, California. It had the largest selection of laser discs in the Bay Area. One guy owned all of them.

Colin Trevorrow

SchoolHigh SchoolCaliforniaHigh

I always felt like, 'I hope Oprah teaches a class to everybody when they get super famous about how to use, responsibly, that blessing.'

Renee Elise Goldsberry

HopeBlessingFamousClassAlways

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