Ayanna Pressley Quotes

Our immigration system is fundamentally broken, and ICE's role in supporting the existing system - including separating families seeking refuge in the United States and conducting indiscriminate deportation raids in our communities - is creating an atmosphere of toxic fear and mistrust in immigrant communities.

Ayanna Pressley

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I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs.

Jessica Lynch

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I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.

Joel Osteen

GodMoneyMindMeBlessedSaying

I entertain for a living, and I entertain.

Jennifer Aniston

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Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.

Robert Orben

ProblemAskAlwaysUnitedBeenAny

It would be fun to be a redhead... you can get away with being, like, really volatile and fire-y because you're like, 'I'm just a redhead; what can I say?'

Anna Kendrick

FunYouSayBeingGetJust

I think parenting is very different now. We're totally governed by our children!

Andy Serkis

ChildrenParentingThinkNowI Think

Larry Brown had quite a resume.

Stan Van Gundy

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Whenever my friend says something cool, and especially if my team says something, like a cool line in English, I'll write it down, and maybe I'll rephrase or use in a different way or something.

Sigrid

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My mother always gives the best advice. When I left Puerto Rico to pursue my dreams, she always supported me and said to me, 'I'm never going to cut your wings, so don't let anyone else do that to you.' That has been my philosophy through life. I want to share that valuable lesson with my little girl someday.

Roselyn Sanchez

LifeMotherDreamsGirlBestMe

Some people think architecture is about the genius sketch; I don't. Great architecture is a collaboration among a lot of people over a long period of time.

Joshua Prince-Ramus

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I teach a course called 'Committed Impulse,' and part of the work I do is to get people outside of their heads.

Josh Pais

WorkPeopleTeachOutsideGetPart

FDR once said he was like a cat, that he would pounce and then relax. That's much harder to do in the 24-hour cable world, because it's almost like the press demands of you to be saying something or doing something every day.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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