Jane Velez-Mitchell Quotes

Locking minors away for decades doesn't solve anything.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

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My family didn't really have newspapers at home or talk about politics - my family are not political. They were too busy getting on with it - working, looking after kids, trying to pay off the mortgage, all that stuff.

Jo Cox

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I have a distinct memory, dating back to 1989 or so, of sitting around with my college dorm mates talking about a new term that was popping up everywhere: 'political correctness.'

Meghan Daum

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Some Pulitzer winners - novelists - have confided to me that getting the prize screwed them up. It messed with their heads. That hasn't been my experience.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.

Tom Peters

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I was the token bumpkin. It became, 'Let's get that Clark guy. He's easy to get along with.'

Roy Clark

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As soon as you plow, you're releasing carbon.

Michael Pollan

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I wish I had a million in the bank. I like round figures. I am a round figure.

Miriam Margolyes

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And also it was a process of, we lifted weights as well, in an effort to train my body to then be able to lift heavier weights when I got in Australia. So that was the first couple of months.

Brandon Routh

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I'm always driven to keep doing something different and better.

Bryan Callen

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If you're a small startup considering selling your company, there's definitely far worse places to work than Facebook.

Antonio Garcia Martinez

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I want to see different faces on the covers of magazines, the stars of movies, featured on billboards.

Winnie Harlow

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I find it more consoling to think of myself as little than to think of myself as big. I think I've gotten that from animals, particularly dogs. Dogs live such a modest life, and they don't live long, and the more you're around them, you kind of accept that.

Thomas McGuane

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