Charles B. Rangel Quotes

Those of us in the Congress must confront and overcome Republican intransigence to increasing the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance and protecting food stamps.

Charles B. Rangel

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FoodInsuranceCongressOvercomeUs

I think if you come straight on honest as much as you can, eventually that turns into success. Maybe not as quick as you'd like.

Jennifer Warnes

SuccessThinkYouQuickHonestCome

These days, there are sheriff squads whose full-time job is to carry out eviction and foreclosure orders. There are moving companies specializing in evictions, their crews working all day, every weekday.

Matthew Desmond

DayJobMovingOutDaysCarry

My opening words to anybody I hire are, 'I'm an extremely vulnerable person.'

Amitabh Bachchan

WordsPersonOpeningHireAnybody

But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material possessions don't mean much to me. They're beautiful, I enjoy them, they can enhance your life to a certain degree, but they're ultimately not important.

Tom Ford

LifeBeautifulStrugglePeopleMe

I came to realize that if I was going to succeed in the music industry, I was going to have to learn how to perform my songs myself.

Mike Posner

MusicMyselfSucceedLearnRealize

Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery.

Mo Ibrahim

IgnoranceFaceIsolationAfrica

Creatively I just enjoy challenging myself in different genres.

Debra Messing

MyselfEnjoyDifferentJustGenres

When I was 12, I had a fondness for horror movies like the 'Wolfman.' The boy next door said I should read Poe.

Donald Hall

DoorSaidMoviesBoyHorrorNext

Sometimes with 'The New Yorker,' they have grammar rules that just don't feel right in my mouth.

David Sedaris

FeelMouthRulesNewSometimesJust

Everybody in Hollywood has to beat the 'no' - and if you write code in Silicon Valley, or if you design cars in Detroit, if you manage hedge funds in Lower Manhattan, you also have to learn to beat the 'no.'

Brian Grazer

DesignLearnYouDetroitHollywood

I had tried to go to college, and I didn't really fit in. I went to a real narrow-minded school where people gave me a lot of trouble, and I was hounded off the campus - I just looked different and acted different, so I left school.

Bruce Springsteen

SchoolPeopleCollegeMeTroubleGo

Directing film is the hardest thing I have ever done.

Anton Corbijn

DoneFilmHardestDirectingEver

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