Jan Schakowsky Quotes

In Illinois, we've seen job losses from agreements like CAFTA and NAFTA. Those agreements didn't help American workers - and they haven't brought improvements to the lives of workers in other countries, either.

Jan Schakowsky

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Show business offers more solid promises than Catholicism.

John Guare

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I was a tomboy. I had a pudding-bowl haircut; I wore big Doc Martens and dungarees.

Maxine Peake

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So many young people are coming out of a generation that has experienced deep woundedness and brokenness, and they are full of life. They are eager to engage. They care about community, and they care about one another.

Jeff Fortenberry

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Personally, when I go to Tulum, I prefer to be near the action but not in the midst of it.

Amanda Hearst

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Disability simulation fails to capture the nuance and complexity of living in a disabled body. And it certainly fails to give a deep understanding of systemic discrimination and abuse faced by disabled people.

Stella Young

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My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere.

Steven Wright

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Our representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters does not respond to their needs. I believe the chief reason for this is that it is ruled by a small group of old men.

Shirley Chisholm

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Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with.

Robert Frost

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Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.

Marya Mannes

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I designed 'Buffy' to be an icon, to be an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can't be loved. Because it's about adolescence, which is the most important thing people go through in their development, becoming an adult.

Joss Whedon

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I keep a notebook in my pocket, and I write down all the stuff we could ever do with Foursquare.

Dennis Crowley

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Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.

Desmond Tutu

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