Peter DeFazio Quotes

But they are not going to take on Big Oil because Big Oil is very generous at campaign time, and this is all about the elections. They want to pretend that they are doing something meaningful.

Peter DeFazio

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I invented the psychological histories and the relationship between Jack and Susan Stanton. I didn't know anything about the Clintons. I don't know more about the Clintons' marriage than you do.

Joe Klein

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I never walk into a room and say, 'Hi! I am Vanessa Williams' daughter.' It helps me to become more authentic.

Jillian Hervey

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Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.

John Bunyan

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I don't know why some people have children at all if they know that they can only take a few weeks off work.

Mem Fox

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The goal of any farmer, after producing enough to feed his own family, has always been to find the best place to sell the year's crop.

Sonny Perdue

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When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me.

Smokey Robinson

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I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do no avoidable harm.

Tony Abbott

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You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.

Robert Crumb

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I thought I was clever by greeting casting agents in my Australian accent and then switching to an American one during the performance. But the Australian accent seemed to put them off. Now it's the opposite; they love Australians. And with my thick Californian accent I now have a problem convincing them I'm Australian.

Jonathan LaPaglia

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When I got 'Youth,' I also got a small role in 'Star Wars.' I didn't know what to do. I decided to choose based on the character.

Chloe Pirrie

CharacterYouthSmallChooseKnow

I like to treat paint as material - to daub it, drop it, let it slide. There was Action Painting, but I also compare it to paint effects found on the streets. This approach is superimposed on a sculptural surface that is also 'painterly.'

Claes Oldenburg

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Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.

Bob Feller

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