Jan Schakowsky Quotes

I was born and raised in Rogers Park in Chicago. My father sold furniture, and my mother was a Chicago public school teacher and proud member of the Chicago Teachers Union for decades.

Jan Schakowsky

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FatherMotherTeacherSchoolProud

On one hand, I am very pessimistic, but on the other hand, if I didn't believe that speaking up would do something, I wouldn't have spoken.

Jesmyn Ward

I AmBelieveHandUpSomethingVery

I can't write - I can't think like a woman... it's not natural, but I've tried.

John Grisham

WomanThinkWriteNaturalTried

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

Robert Green Ingersoll

AngerMindWindOutLampWhich

As soon as you get a certain amount of attention, then everybody kinda wants to start taking pot shots at you. All your old friends that supported you don't support you any more.

John Zorn

Old FriendsSupportStartAttention

I've had a very happy life, and although I have had tragedy, I've never suffered from any darkness.

Ronnie Corbett

LifeDarknessHappyHappy LifeNever

There's a process in the movie industry in both live action and animation called development hell!

Ron Clements

LiveActionProcessHellDevelopment

If I see someone out there mouthing the words to a bit, I'm not having fun.

Ron White

WordsFunHaving FunSomeoneSee

There's only one Luke James, and I make damn sure that you know that.

Luke James

YouKnowDamnSureOnlyMake

No one is ever really dead unless we find the body.

Julia Barr

BodyFindDeadEverReallyUnless

Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability - they should go hand in hand.

Donald Norman

BeautyGoHandPleasureBrains

This may sound strange but I had dreams as a kid of doing exactly what I ended up doing in my life.

Corey Hart

LifeDreamsMy LifeDoingStrange

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

Nikki Giovanni

ArtTasteCultivateCultivated

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