Sheldon Whitehouse Quotes

Is keeping Big Oil happy with subsidies from the American people more important than addressing our deficit? Should a billionaire who makes a multi-million-dollar gift to a museum receive more tax bang for his charitable buck than a middle-class family who gives to their local church?

Sheldon Whitehouse

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FamilyHappyPeopleGiftChurchTax

The feeling of being accepted and acknowledgement and recognition and fame - I'm vain like everybody else. The feeling of achievement that I've helped the poor or somebody in need far outweighs the money.

Joe Jamail

MoneyAchievementRecognitionFeeling

I'm a huge Ira Glass fan; I'm a huge fan of radio in general.

Jenji Kohan

GlassRadioFanGeneralIRAHuge

I love theater. I started in theater when I was nine years old.

Stephanie Mills

LoveOldYearsStartedNineTheater

Iranians call California and Iran 'sister cities;' they're very much alike. Iranians feel at home here and the weather is so close to Iranian weather.

Shohreh Aghdashloo

HomeSisterWeatherFeelCalifornia

On 'Saturday Night Live,' I never really wrote. You know, I would just - I would let the writers cast me into the show. So my strength - and I put all my energies into performance. I just couldn't deal with the rejection, you know, getting your sketches cut, and it was hard for me.

Tracy Morgan

StrengthLiveMeNightPerformance

Here's the thing: If you don't want your kids to read a book, fine. You can tell them not to read a book, and maybe they will and maybe they won't. But you can't say what other kids can read.

Judy Blume

BookYouSayWantWillTell

I find airports to be purgatorial in many ways. I mean, even from the basics of the design: you know, this sort of - this muted gray and the fluorescent lights.

Jonathan Miles

DesignYouFindLightsKnowMean

Seeking can become stressful when you apply the same laws that you apply in the material world - hard work, exacting plans, driving ambition, and attachment to outcome.

Deepak Chopra

WorkHard WorkAmbitionWorldYou

I'm really pale.

Cory Monteith

PaleReally

My movies are okay, but they're not my specials.

Chris Rock

MoviesOkay

When we're shooting, I'm in producer mode.

Bryan Cogman

ProducerShootingMode

I think if you had to choose between running a tabloid and being president of the United States, of course you'd run the tabloid, especially in New York.

Pete Hamill

New YorkThinkYouChooseNewRun

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