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Jan Schakowsky Quotes

Plan Colombia was supposed to reduce Colombia's cultivation and distribution of drugs by 50 percent, but 6 years and $4.7 billion later, the drug control results are meager at best.

Jan Schakowsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: May 26, 1944

Topics

Best Control Plan Results Years

Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.

Jimmy Carter

People Think Gay Said Never Things

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Day Famous Long Heroes Lived How

The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent, cannot lay claim to such an ambition as leading the way to eternal peace, or solving all disputes among nations.

Alva Myrdal

Men Peace Ambition Present Striving

I just think lots of words have physicality. How about the word 'wobble?' You think that's arbitrary? When you say the word 'wince,' you wince. How about that?

Roy Blount, Jr.

Words Think You Say Just Word

Also, the more you're not focused on showbiz and instead focused on life, learning about other people, and keeping your eyes open and trying to be aware of the world.

Jason Schwartzman

Life Learning Eyes People World You

I was very aware of office politics because I was so baffled by them. So much so goes unsaid. No one says 'you're a cheeky so-and-so,' no one says 'you're so moody,' nobody ever confronts anyone else about anything. But I'm very crass, and I'm very confrontational, and I have a temper. I had to be hyper-vigilant in every office I worked in.

Denise Mina

Politics You Nobody Office Anything

In racing, I wanted to be a winner and to be a winner, you have to be willing to roll the dice.

Bobby Rahal

Racing Winner You Dice Roll Willing

A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.

Publilius Syrus

Beautiful Face Recommendation Mute

I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits.

Pete Rose

Legs Two Just Arms Like Everybody

I love the percussion. It's a right brain, left brain thing. There are different beats, but cooperating together. It's your whole body doing it, you're doing the snare drum and the high top with your hands and the bass drum with your foot. You're this whole motion machine.

Shalom Harlow

Love Together Brain Doing Hands You

I grew up doing theater and music, and in fact, I spent more time doing theater, and I'd do music when I could.

Tyler Hilton

Music Time Doing More Up Fact

I think for business reasons, fiscal reasons, I think these cable networks can take greater risks and I think with a risk comes better programming. And I think USA has got an amazing identity to it now that is clearly defined with its 'Characters welcome' tag.

Tim DeKay

Business Welcome Risks Identity Now