Jose Antonio Vargas Quotes

For decades, I have cringed whenever someone called me 'illegal,' as if I'm an insect on someone's back. I found out I didn't have the right papers - that I was here illegally - when I tried to get a driver's permit at age 16. But I am not 'illegal.' No person is.

Jose Antonio Vargas

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I think the Fed is not designed to have effective tools to deal with the economy. It should settle for just controlling the money supply. And - if it insists, it can worry about inflation.

Jeremy Grantham

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I like to have songs with me that have substance. That's missing from a lot of today's music. You might hear a song with a catchy beat, but what's it about? It's not empowering or helping anyone.

Jennifer Hudson

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Public television works hard to engage young learners and build the skills needed for a jump-start on life. We need our youngest to be curious, resilient and empathetic, and prepared for the jobs of the future.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

Mary McCarthy

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For X-rays, the phenomenon of diffraction by crystals was a natural consequence of the idea that X-rays are waves analogous to light and differ from it only by having a smaller wavelength.

Louis de Broglie

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In a perfect world, I would never give another speech, address, talk, lecture or whatever as long as I live.

David Souter

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I had to escape the destruction of my father's bankruptcy and all that difficulty.

Brendan Coyle

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The possession of anything begins in the mind.

Bruce Lee

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Faith is not contrary to reason.

Sherwood Eddy

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Swimming keeps me fit and flexible, and it helps that I have a large pool at my house in Beverly Hills.

Nobu Matsuhisa

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Of course, in all magic tricks there's a secret.

Lene Hau

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I learned how to cook and do a lot of marital things.

Kim Kardashian

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