Ayanna Pressley Quotes

People close to me personally, politically, have expressed frustration that I'm not the political animal that they wish that I were.

Ayanna Pressley

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AnimalPeopleMeFrustrationWish

In the trunk of her car, my mother used to keep a collapsible easel, a clutch of brushes, a little wooden case stocked with tubes of paint, and, tucked into the spare-tire well, one of my father's old, tobacco-stained shirts, for a smock.

Jill Lepore

FatherMotherCarOldPaintLittle

I've spent my life being embarrassed.

Jessica Chastain

LifeMy LifeEmbarrassedBeingSpent

Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.

John Fogerty

MusicAloneBestFeelMusiciansOff

The most fun I've had on 'Burn Notice,' I think it would have to be working with China Chow and Lucy Lawless.

Jeffrey Donovan

FunThinkBurnChinaWorkingWould

We need to build roads, bridges, airports, locks, dams, and rail that work for this century - not the last one. And let's not forget about updating our energy grid, repairing and replacing our water infrastructure and sewers, and making sure all Americans have access to broadband.

Amy Klobuchar

WorkWaterRoadsEnergyBridges

Why should we make our constituents wait on job growth?

Stephen Fincher

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My stories have a deep spiritual core because I have a deep desire to understand things of the spirit, but yet I don't think I've written these stories from any kind of specific religious agenda because I don't think that would work.

Sue Monk Kidd

WorkSpiritualDeepThinkDesire

The learned are not agreed as to the time when the Gospel of John was written; some dating it as early as the year 68, others as late as the year 98; but it is generally conceded to have been written after all the others.

Simon Greenleaf

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I just let the character speak to me and things appear.

Shirley Knight

CharacterMeSpeakThingsJust

You get to really master the emotion of humility as a Chiefs fan.

Rob Riggle

HumilityYouEmotionMasterGetFan

The wonderful thing about age is that your knees don't work as well, you can't run down steps quite as easily and obviously you can't lift heavy weights. But your mind doesn't feel any different.

Roger Moore

WorkAgeMindFeelYouDown

Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as 'the bizarre'. Things astonish us, when we travel, that surprise nobody else.

Mary Ritter Beard

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