Jan Schakowsky Quotes

President Obama's executive actions on immigration are designed to temporarily address major flaws in our broken immigration system.

Jan Schakowsky

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The only thing I want to be defined by is my music and personality.

Jessie J

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I think if more people actually pursued what they loved, we'd have a lot more innovation and creativity.

Jennifer Hyman

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When I was 16, I wanted to look like Lord Byron. It's not really a haircut so much as a hair-not-cut, but I've never changed it. It's a bit Byron, a bit Don Juan DeMarco and other things that I aspire to be.

Jeremy Clarkson

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Having personally watched the Voting Rights Act being signed into law that August day, I can't begin to imagine how we could have all been so wrong in believing that more Americans would vote once they were all truly free to do so.

Andrew Young

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Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.

Amanda Lindhout

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Demons manifest themselves in people in different ways. For instance, out of nowhere, somebody can become very angry for no reason. That's not just an emotion. That's a demon.

Stephen Baldwin

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I have those moments with my kids and family where we try to unplug and just be in the moment. We put everything else to the side and just be there with our family.

Soleil Moon Frye

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There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

Rita Dove

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If you've done what you need to do, you need to go bury yourself, because what else are you going to do? I think that that's where life stops.

Rutger Hauer

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Injuries are not only a physical question, which is the most important thing, of course, but also a question of your mind. If you're thinking: 'I'm not going to make it', 'I can't cope', 'it hurts', 'it's never going to get better', then it won't.

Luis Suarez

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I'm not one of those superstitious people.

Luke Evans

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As a dancer, you really try to stay true to whatever the choreographer/artistic director is giving you. So, now the shoe is on the other foot and I have to trust everyone else - I have to trust the dancer. As I was trusted as a dancer, I trust my dancers.

Judith Jamison

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