Corrine Brown Quotes

If we are wondering why only 19 percent of the American people feel that the Congress is in tune with their priorities, the cuts in Amtrak is one blatant reason why.

Corrine Brown

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In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's.

Jim Lehrer

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History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.

Johan Huizinga

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I oftentimes find with movies that the heavier the onscreen situation is, the more levity there is off screen. It's almost out of necessity.

Joel Edgerton

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The reason laziness is rarely pushed as a lifestyle option is down to one simple reason: money. There are fortunes to be made out of active lifestyles. Gyms charge fees. But no one is going to make money out of sleep. It is free.

Tom Hodgkinson

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I think there's only one or two films where I've had all the financial support I needed. All the rest, I wish I'd had the money to shoot another ten days.

Martin Scorsese

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Fantasy is the tendency of Americans, going back to colonial times, to look at the Middle East as a type of fractured mirror of the United States - a type of mirror that could look a lot more like the United States, if, say, a Middle Eastern George Washington would emerge.

Michael Oren

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Sometimes, when we play against weaker teams, everyone says, 'Oh, you won because you played weaker teams.'

Luka Modric

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Most of the reason I work out now is not for the external - it's for how I feel. I find working out gives me more energy. I started eight days after he was born.

Cindy Crawford

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I don't believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear.

Woody Allen

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If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?

Paul Wellstone

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Brotherhood means laying down your life for somebody, really willing to sacrifice yourself for somebody else.

Tim Hetherington

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I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers.

Rick Riordan

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