Barney Frank Quotes

As a liberal, I am morally obligated to be pragmatic. What good do I do poor people, elderly people, people who are being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation if I'm not realistic about accomplishing something.

Barney Frank

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Pretty much, I am always open to input from everyone; although I don't require it, the feedback is conducive to getting the play together.

Jimmi Simpson

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I try consciously to keep myself entertained and challenged to not repeat myself at all. Like, when I start a new book, my goal is to pretty much throw out what I've done and try something completely different that I think initially I cannot do.

Jennifer Egan

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I have such a soft spot for the really cheesy zombie movies, but if I had to pick a really good one, I'd have to go with an actual TV show and say 'The Walking Dead'.

Jennifer Armentrout

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Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

John Maynard Keynes

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Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?

Robert Benchley

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You can't separate the clothes from the stores, from the environment.

Mickey Drexler

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Why is the Right so afraid of being called racist? Why do they attack their allies on the Right, even calling us racist?

Mike Cernovich

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I'm a pretty light-hearted person.

Miles Teller

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Building our homes as fortresses of righteousness for protection from the world takes constant labor and diligence.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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The Hebrew Bible contains multiple provisions to ensure that no one would go hungry. The corners of the field, forgotten sheaves of grain, gleanings that drop from the hands of the gleaner, and small clusters of grapes left on the vine were to be given to the poor.

Jonathan Sacks

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To be honest, after all the crap that happened with 'Summer Heights High,' I was like, 'I'm not going to write anything controversial or edgy ever again; I just can't handle the blame.'

Chris Lilley

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How many writers in history have ever been as famous as Stephen King? He casts an awfully long shadow.

Christopher Golden

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