Anne Cox Chambers Quotes

When my sister and I came along, my father's political life was completely over. He ran for president the year I was born. So that was the end of it. He had been congressman first, then governor, before all that. So when we came along, he was running the Dayton newspaper.

Anne Cox Chambers

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Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action.

Jim Cooper

LeaderWarStrongBudgetTerrorism

Bad news: Complainers are rewarded for complaining. Indicative of the victim culture in which we live, people have not only come to expect something for nothing, but are then rewarded for how loudly they can ventilate their sense of having been victims of fraud.

John Ridley

LiveCulturePeopleBadComplaining

I've just finished reading a book about the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. She wasn't a beauty, but inside she was absolutely blazing and passionate about her work. She's one of those life-affirming characters.

Sophie Thompson

WorkBeautyBookReadingPassionate

If I heard somebody else say, 'I worked on a movie for five years', I'd be like, 'What? How could it take that long? What were you doing?'

Spike Jonze

DoingLongYouSayYearsTake

I'm always aware that there are, broadly speaking, two different ways to act: there is acting, and then there's being, and I'm always more interested in that.

Michael Sheen

ActingMoreTwoAlwaysActAware

If you're a leader, can communicate, and have a great work ethic, those are the things you're looking for.

Jon Gruden

WorkLeaderGreatLookingWork Ethic

Government has got to open up and engage citizenry as partners.

Cory Booker

GovernmentOpenEngageUpGot

I think they should take everyone who works for The National Enquirer and the Star, and everyone who works for Us Weekly, and put them all to work looking for terrorists. I think they would find the terrorists. All of them. It would be genius!

Brittany Murphy

WorkLookingThinkGeniusFindStar

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

William McFee

PeopleDoingRealizeRightSeem

Words can be like baseball bats when used maliciously.

Sydney Madwed

WordsBaseballUsedLikeBats

I am getting better at facing the bouncers, as I know opposition tries to use those as a weapon against me. Yet, no one is perfect, and he takes time to master a particular thing.

Suresh Raina

TimeI AmMeBetterGetting Better

I'm a complete coward in real life.

Seth Rogen

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