Kate Brown Quotes

Before swearing in new citizens, immigration officials check to make sure prospective citizens weren't on voter rolls or voted before achieving legal citizenship. A citizenship petition can be denied if they were.

Kate Brown

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You know how Bed Bath & Beyond sells those white noise machines that help you sleep? And they usually make ocean noises? I want one that's just David Gergen gently muttering about the economy.

Jessi Klein

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People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.

John Betjeman

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I'm a California girl, right? I grew up with that farm-to-table dining before it was sweeping the nation.

Meghan Markle

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Mubarak was adept, as were many other U.S.-backed dictators, at playing the sane middle to the 'lunatics with beards' he so often used as bogeymen to guarantee the support of foreign allies.

Mona Eltahawy

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I do believe that we are to love our enemies and do good to those who persecute you. I believe that there is power and strength in that.

Michael Moore

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To me, self-care isn't really shallow. Showing up for yourself, putting on a little moisturizer, can inspire so many different parts of your life.

Jonathan Van Ness

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If you're walking down the street and you smell a scent, it can take you right back to a memorable time in your life, whether it's a moment with an ex-girlfriend or a childhood event.

Chris Evans

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The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.

Arthur C. Brooks

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I started quite young at school, compering a charity event at an old people's home. I would do stand up and impressions and enjoyed the laughter. It's very addictive. It's a lovely sensation to say something and hear a whole room laugh.

Armando Iannucci

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The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.

Phyllis Schlafly

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Single payer means something different to everyone. The way I define it is that health care is a right and not a privilege.

Peter Shumlin

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A superhero is someone who, at some point or in some way, inspires hope or is the enemy of cynicism.

Mark Waid

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