Lois Capps Quotes

In addition, for almost a year now I have been urging the President, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate suspicious gas price spikes.

Lois Capps

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JusticeYearPriceNowPresident

The most I have to fear while hiking in Warwickshire and Worcestershire, the two historic British counties closest to my city home in Birmingham, is whether or not the mud awaiting me in the narrow lanes ahead is deep enough to foul my socks.

Jim Crace

FearHomeCityMeDeepEnough

I've had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn't have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they're people, and they're going to do their thing.

Joe Wurzelbacher

ChildrenTimePeopleStandFriends

Whoever can surprise well must conquer.

John Paul Jones

SurpriseConquerWellMustWhoever

I can make anything in the room funny in a few seconds.

Tony Rock

FunnyI CanRoomAnythingSeconds

For whatever reason, some sorts of women's silence were broken by MeToo. This is the optimistic bit. And that will lead to a much more careful attention to women's voices.

Mary Beard

WomenSilenceBrokenAttentionWill

To just tell a story from beginning, middle and end doesn't motivate me that much.

Michael Mann

BeginningMeStoryEndMotivate

We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to nourish us, we would be like plants set in shallow soil. Our souls must take root - almost literally.

Joyce Carol Oates

ChildhoodPlantsSoilWithoutTake

In history class, I wrote a poem, 'The Royalists and the Roundheads.' I would write poems about driftwood in art class and little stories about the sun, moon, and stars in science class. Since not many kids were writing in class, I got away with it.

Judith Viorst

StarsScienceHistoryArtSunMoon

Once I got to college, it seemed that the Hamptons were a little bit too posh for me and didn't represent the kind of values I was embracing in my late teens. So, I didn't go out there, except to visit my parents, for a long time. And then, after 9/11, I discovered it was a nice, mellow place to hang out.

Colson Whitehead

TimeParentsCollegeMeLongValues

I was put on earth to make people laugh.

Art Buchwald

PeopleLaughEarthMakePut

I foresaw the financial crisis. I get messages in my sleep, in pictures and words. I understood that I have a mission and a role in ensuring human existence. I received a message that people would soon start to go crazy.

Shari Arison

WordsSleepPeopleCrazyStartGo

There weren't many women ahead of me.

Lynn Good

WomenMeAheadManyWere

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