Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Quotes

At Standing Rock, we experienced, first-hand, people coming together in their communities and trying to use the levers of representative democracy to try and say, 'We don't want this in our community; we don't want this in our backyard,' and corporations using their monetary influence to completely erode that process.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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CommunityTogetherPeopleDemocracy

When we won the league championship, all the married guys on the club had to thank their wives for putting up with all the stress and strain all season. I had to thank all the single broads in New York.

Joe Namath

StressNew YorkNewSingleClubUp

The closer I get to retirement, the more I feel it will be a huge change, a shock, because athletics has been the core of my whole life. I know I'll miss the feeling of running fast, the adrenaline rush, and hearing the crowd cheering me on.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

LifeChangeMeRetirementFeelFast

It's what people don't say that is often the most revealing.

Sophie B. Hawkins

PeopleSayMostOftenRevealing

In my own life, I have no problems letting out a good scream.

Sofia Vergara

LifeGoodProblemsMy OwnOutOwn

We, as Americans, have so much to learn here. We have a shockingly low level of global awareness and familiarity and little idea of how the world sees us. And those disturbing facts keep getting us into a lot of trouble.

Tom Freston

WorldFactsLearnTroubleAwareness

When I barely got into college, the one thing I could do was write, so I became an English major.

Mat Kearney

CollegeWriteGotEnglishOne Thing

I don't follow what everybody else does.

Donald Byrd

FollowEverybodyEverybody ElseElse

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

Donald Rumsfeld

PoliticsHumanHuman BeingsRather

Going to parties by myself? Yeah, I don't know if it's super cool or super uncool. I haven't decided yet.

Christian Cooke

MyselfCoolKnowGoingYeahDecided

When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them.

Peter Wright

WorkPeopleInterestingLookFind

Our boxing is not like the men's. It's more thoughtful, more technical. It's not just, 'Get in there and hurt someone.'

Nicola Adams

MenHurtSomeoneThoughtfulBoxing

I think I have a sense right in the beginning of how big an idea it is and how much room it needs, and, almost more importantly, how long it would sustain anybody's interest.

Lydia Davis

BeginningThinkLongMoreRightBig

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