Ernest Istook Quotes

America has global trade with plenty of nations that provide inexpensive labor, but it's better for us when they're in our own hemisphere, rather than sending that business halfway around the world.

Ernest Istook

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BusinessWorldBetterAmericaLabor

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival.

Angela Davis

LearningTimeCitySurvivalEarly

I always used to pretend to be different characters - cowboys, that sort of thing. I used to think that the Indians lived over the mountains that I could see out of my bedroom. As I grew up, I started to understand that acting was actually a craft, and there was no question about it, that was exactly what I was going to do.

Aneurin Barnard

MountainsThinkBe DifferentActing

The arts are very alive in Ireland, so that had its influence on me. But I consider myself European, really.

Michael Fassbender

MyselfMeInfluenceAliveArtsVery

I don't like to play characters that are too perfect.

Amanda Seyfried

PerfectPlayLikeCharactersToo

If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it.

Sojourner Truth

WomenTalkingWantWhyMoreRights

I don't want to get pigeon-holed into a certain kind of character. I love action roles and the hero, but I want to keep trying something new.

Michael Trucco

LoveCharacterHeroActionTrying

My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

FatherUpItalianHeHouseholdGrew

I'm an everything Baltimore fan.

Josh Charles

EverythingFanBaltimore

What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality. That's what I'm trying to do with immigration. If what the founding fathers said is true, that we are all equal, then let's fight for that.

Jorge Ramos

FightEqualityInterestingTrying

If life gives you lemons, make some kind of fruity juice.

Conan O'Brien

LifeYouKindJuiceLemonsSome

Every day, it's a different country, different time zone. If you asked me where home was, I've never felt like I've had that. My idea of comfort is to leave a place. Two weeks is sort of my max.

Alison Mosshart

HomeTimeDayMeYouEvery Day

Women, nowhere in the world, have the kind of important position in society in the amount that they ought to have.

Susanne Bier

WomenWorldSocietyImportantKind

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