Ellen Barkin Quotes

The more powerful you become, some people especially don't like it that you're a woman. I stick up for myself.

Ellen Barkin

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MyselfWomanPeopleYouPowerfulUp

When it comes to heartbreaks and disappointments, I often have to be more or less done with them to be able to write about them. Then you might ask why I would write about them at all, but I think I owe it to the Jens of the past.

Jens Lekman

PastThinkYouDoneWhyWrite

Socialists tend to want to pay people more money to do less work, and capitalists tend to want to provide better products at better prices.

Robert Kiyosaki

WorkMoneyPeopleBetterWantMore

If children know there is someone standing over them who knows all the answers, they are less inclined to find the answers for themselves.

Sugata Mitra

ChildrenSomeoneFindKnowAnswers

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.

Robertson Davies

CatsWiseQuietSameBecauseLike

Television made a lot of difference in country music. It's progress. I believe in progress.

Roy Acuff

MusicProgressBelieveTelevision

I'm a Democrat because I want every American to have a fair shot at the American Dream. That's what ties it all together for me, and in my experience, that means recognizing that no one is dealing with life one 'issue' at a time.

Jason Kander

LifeTimeExperienceTogetherMe

Poyha is a venison dish handed down from the Cherokee tribe. You can think of it as a meatloaf, which it is, or as a skillet of cornbread that some venison sneaked into, which it also is. Either way, it's a simple and satisfying meal.

Jonathan Miles

SimpleThinkYouDownWayMeal

Education standards need to be set at the state level. High standards are an important way to ensure that the education system we are funding is actually working and producing, at a minimum, what we would expect it to.

Doug Ducey

EducationImportantWayNeedHigh

You've never seen Manhattan 'til you've flown right up the East River. It's beautiful.

Cory Lidle

BeautifulRiverYouNeverRightUp

It's been really interesting watching people's reactions to the new music, to the old music and also watching how modern young people will be standing in front of something going on like live music, and there's a camera in front of their face.

Brandon Boyd

LiveMusicPeopleFaceInteresting

Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.

Allen Ginsberg

CultureMediaImagesControls

I love doing standup, but I love watching it more. Watching people like Michelle Buteau or Baron Vaughn get up and do their thing - that is what comedy can be like.

Phoebe Robinson

LovePeopleComedyDoingWatching

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