Jan Schakowsky Quotes

No military contractors should have a 'shoot first' culture that puts civilians or our brave military service members in danger.

Jan Schakowsky

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ServiceCultureBraveMilitaryFirst

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

Jeb Bush

PositiveDeterminationLineSide

All good works of art must ask this question: 'You want to breathe free, yes, but do you know how to kiss?'

Amitava Kumar

GoodArtKissFreeYouKnow

I am focused on the work that the people of Arkansas sent me to do.

Tom Cotton

WorkI AmPeopleMeFocusedAm

When I was at Le Havre, I was always sure of myself. I knew I'd make it.

Riyad Mahrez

MyselfAlwaysSureMakeKnew

I believe it is possible to bring an end to mass incarceration and birth a new moral consensus about how we ought to be responding to poor folks of color and a consensus in support of basic human rights for all. But it is going to take some work.

Michelle Alexander

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I don't particularly buy into all the nutrition fads and that sort of thing.

Lizzie Armitstead

NutritionBuyFadsSortThing

I think whenever anyone asked me why I wanted to be a hockey player, that's where it all started, watching the Winnipeg Jets play as a young kid.

Jonathan Toews

MeHockeyThinkPlayYoungWhy

The lines marking a penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a public school.

Christopher Fry

SchoolFieldsPlayingLinesPublic

Peter Rabbit's not a rabbit. Peter Rabbit is a proxy for the child who reads the book, and they imagine themselves in the rabbit's position.

Chris Van Allsburg

ChildBookPositionRabbitImagine

Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.

Brian Clough

LifeShoesHellMy LifeHolidayGo

My first encounter with science fiction was reading the work of H.G. Wells when I was nine or ten, and I don't believe 'The War of the Worlds' or 'The Time Machine' have ever been bettered. Plus, I have always had a liking for Victorian and Edwardian clothes and contraptions, which tends to color the worlds I dream up.

Philip Reeve

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When you start fooling around with drugs, you're hurting your creativity, you're hurting your health. Drugs are death, in one form or another. If they don't kill you, they kill your soul. And if your soul's dead, you've got nothing to offer, anyway.

Paul Stanley

HealthCreativitySoulDeathStart

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