Sheldon Whitehouse Quotes

To a certain extent, platforms are platitudes that you test when you get to govern. You have to run those priorities up against the opposition and decide what's most important.

Sheldon Whitehouse

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I have a high tolerance for discomfort.

Andrea Corr

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Women have it better in tennis than any other sport, but you shouldn't push them to play more than they're capable of playing.

John McEnroe

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I never wear mascara; I laugh until I cry too often.

Jeanne Calment

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After forty years in the lab, I was asked in 1991 to become president of The Rockefeller University. Unlike a working scientist, being president for seven years provided an opportunity to interact with scientists in many different fields and broadened my scope of the natural sciences.

Torsten Wiesel

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The site I landed on feels much more isolated than it really is; it's almost magical. Within its limited radius, there was a whole range of the local ecology.

Martin Puryear

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Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?

Joseph Campbell

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Families need a spiritual bond with one another and with God. God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together.

Dennis Quaid

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I wanted to be a landscape architect, but I trained as a teacher; I worked in publishing; I was a waitress.

Deborah Moggach

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During the summer of 2009, the debate on health care reform was emotional and intense. At its best, it represented the free exchange of ideas that makes this country great. At its worst, it generated death threats and acts of violence.

Chellie Pingree

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I like marriage. I feel very secure. It helps when you are in love with the person you are married to.

Claire Danes

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I think it is absolutely crazy in this day and age that I have to go through a trial and error method to see if my child is allergic to an antibiotic or peanuts. I should just know.

Anne Wojcicki

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Judges can bring their own biases about sexuality in the courtroom, causing victims untold pain in the telling and retailing of their stories.

Anthea Butler

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