Nick Hanauer Quotes

During Seattle's successful campaign for a $15 an hour minimum wage, our opponents would sometimes roll their eyes and snort, 'If $15 is so good, why not $50?' It was a straw man argument: Nobody was proposing a $50 minimum wage; it would have been too high, and we said so.

Nick Hanauer

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I don't consider myself an Iranian comedian; I consider myself a comedian who happens to be of Iranian descent.

Maz Jobrani

MyselfWhoHappensComedianIranian

We're trying to be very careful and precise in our use of language, because I think the language we use and the images we project really do have resonance. It's the reason why I don't use the term jihadist to refer to terrorists. It gives them the religious legitimacy they so desperately seek, but I ain't gonna give it to them.

John O. Brennan

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You have to just make the choices you make in life. I made the choices I made because I believed they were right for me.

Angelina Jolie

LifeMeChoicesYouRightJust

I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs.

Steve Forbert

TryingPlayWriteAlwaysJustSongs

I really enjoyed my time in Germany but didn't actually win anything.

Roberto Firmino

TimeWinAnythingMy TimeEnjoyed

I think probably the qualities that I look for in a man are somewhat different than they were before I became a public person, but not that much different. I think that, sort of, the element of trust is certainly much bigger for me, but the other things that - the other qualities, intelligence and kindness and sense of humor, those things.

Monica Lewinsky

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As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you would read about in the papers all over the country. We have so many athletes do so many wonderful things for other people, and you never read about it.

Lou Holtz

DecisionPeopleMeYouBadCountry

To be honest, I just want to go somewhere where I can wear a white Speedo.

Johnny Weir

WhiteI CanGoWantHonestWear

It's like a piece of music; you never lose sight of the theme. Each scene pushes off to the next like music builds and you can almost hear the next chord progression, so it has a strict structure, which is very compelling.

David Strathairn

MusicYouLoseSightNeverTheme

I was never much of a musical theater guy, but I have so much more respect for the art form, the physical exertion of doing eight shows on Broadway a week, I cannot even fathom it.

Chris Pine

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It's weird. Prior to having my first record, Corey Hart was just my name.

Corey Hart

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I'm totally, totally into old Vegas.

Brad Garrett

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