Jan Schakowsky Quotes

As American Jews and descendants of immigrants, we never forget where our families came from or what members of our community experienced. Because we remember, we look out for those who are freeing persecution, oppression, and danger.

Jan Schakowsky

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CommunityAmericanRememberLookOut

When you have kids, you can choose to make them like you, or become like them, and if you've got something that's going to change every six days or six minutes, you can decide to be as awake and alive and learning as they are.

Jez Butterworth

ChangeLearningYouChooseAlive

Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need it. They need that kind of adoration. If their name isn't in the tabloids once a week they feel like a failure.

Jensen Ackles

FailureLivePeopleEyeNameWeek

The idea is that Jesus overcame death through the Resurrection. What that does is fail to appreciate the fact that the resurrected Christ is the crucified Christ. It's not like, 'Oh, that was just a mistake, now it's over.' Jesus continues to suffer from our sins.

Stanley Hauerwas

DeathMistakeAppreciateNowOver

I was a 10 million-plus selling artist.

Toni Braxton

ArtistSelling

There's no better feeling as a writer than to see your piece going beyond what you can have ever imagined. And a wonderful way for that to happen is for new audiences to discover it.

Tom Kitt

BetterYouFeelingNewWayBeyond

Israel's decision on whether to strike or not is dictated not from the atmosphere and not from American or European promises but is based on the Iranian project. And I don't think the Iranians would agree to anything that would satisfy Israel.

Ronen Bergman

DecisionPromisesThinkAmerican

I was something of a problem kid. I was emotional, wild, rebellious at school. I'm very touched by kids who don't have advantages; they are much more interesting than kids who have everything. They have a lot of passion and emotion, such a strong will.

Mary Ellen Mark

PassionSchoolStrongProblemWild

When I grew up in the Bronx, we always had everyone telling us, 'Watch out for the system, watch out for child welfare, watch out, they'll get you,' and I grew up with this feeling of, 'Society is over there and they're dangerous and not safe.'

Liz Murray

ChildSocietyYouFeelingDangerous

A major focus of 'Reality Hunger' is appropriation and plagiarism and what these terms mean. I can hardly treat the topic deeply without engaging in it. That would be like writing a book about lying and not being permitted to lie in it.

David Shields

FocusLieWritingBookTreatI Can

My dad was always fascinated and amused by Trump, so I learned to be fascinated and amused by Trump.

Willie Geist

AlwaysTrumpFascinatedLearnedDad

When I get in the studio the idea is just to work and bang out as many as I can.

Pitbull

WorkI CanOutGetJustIdea

I'm a journeyman actor.

Pierce Brosnan

ActorJourneyman

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