Richard Carmona Quotes

I see good ideas on the Republican side as well as the Democratic side. You have to return civility and statesmanship to governance. If you don't do that, it doesn't matter what portfolio of issue you're pushing, nothing is going to get done.

Richard Carmona

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 22, 1949

Topics

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Before I settled on music, I wanted to be an archaeologist, an astronaut, all sorts of really diverse things.

Joan Jett

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Now, it's not that I think that being gay is the most amazing, wonderful thing in the world, but I have a husband; I have a life; I have friends who I've met through this. It's who I am.

Andrew Solomon

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Many people who voted for Mr. Obama in the last election did so based on skin color.

Alveda King

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When you're a guest star on TV shows - particularly in the 1960s - you're always the villain.

Robert Vaughn

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I'm not surprised that I tend to go for the dark side. I was a really scared kid, so I think I understand what scares people.

Michelle MacLaren

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I define my work as a feminist act and a political act because I'm black and a woman. You don't necessarily have to claim that, but the act of making art itself is a political and feminist act when you're a woman.

Mickalene Thomas

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Luckily, in my case, I have managed, by writing, to do the one thing that I always wanted to do.

Jonathan Coe

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I was trained to be loud, passionate, direct. I didn't realize for the longest time I was intimidating.

Dawn Steel

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When you come into our house, you get a flavor for our life, our travels, our kids, our 18-year-old poodle who is like, blind, deaf and incontinent but so happy.

Debi Mazar

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I was dumped at my senior prom - I was 18 and in love. We danced all night, then she got back together with her ex. It broke my heart.

Chris Evans

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I don't like flying at the best of times. And as I get older, I like it less and less. I don't much like driving, either. I prefer to be driven. And, when I'm in London, I don't even like walking on the street. I can never get used to looking the right way when I cross the street.

Christopher Walken

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I live on an island, and my community is served by a ferry that goes three times a day.

Chellie Pingree

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