Has Beens Quotes - Page 29

• I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.

  Bev Perdue

  Speaks Out, Willing, Direct

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• Working-class Americans have waited too long, close to a decade in fact, for an increase in the minimum wage. This has been the second longest period without a pay raise since the Federal minimum wage law was first enacted in 1938.

  Bill Pascrell

  Law, Class, Long

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• In the years since 9/11, more terrorists have been created through this President's policies than were captured or killed. There weren't any terrorists in Iraq in 2003, but there are now.

  Bill Pascrell

  Years, Iraq, President

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• Historically, the Republicans have been geniuses at throwing away advantages.

  Bob Packwood

  Genius, Republican, Advantage

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• I have been sober for the longest time. Oh, it's over a decade now. No joke.

  Dana Plato

  Sober, Jokes, Decades

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation, accept the constitution, lay down their weapons, cut their ties with al Qaeda and essentially become productive or at least participating members of society in that regard.

  David Petraeus

  Cutting, Ties, President

  Interview with Jennifer Griffin, www.foxnews.com. August 25, 2010.

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• This is a basic function of Congress to keep the government running. And so, what we ought not to do is play politics with those who have been affected by disasters.

  David Plouffe

  Running, Government, Play

  "David Plouffe Defends Obama's Deficit Reduction Plan; Sen. Lindsey Graham on Foreign Policy Challenges". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. September 25, 2011.

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• For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you what I believe.

  Deval Patrick

  Believe, Long, People

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• I have been supporting the European Union, but we are still a work in progress. We have to become more of a United States of Europe. We should talk about electing a president of the E.U., rather than having one selected from the heads of government.

  George Papandreou

  Europe, Government, President

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• Many people have been pontificating, and patronizing, and moralizing, and scapegoating, saying you Greeks, you are the problem. I would say we Greeks have a problem. We are not the problem.

  George Papandreou

  People, Greek, Problem

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• Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been taken to begin that process. And there is more solidarity from nation to nation, and that is a good thing. That has been Greece's gift to Europe.

  George Papandreou

  Taken, Opportunity, Europe

  "My Interview With Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou... From the Top of the Acropolis". Interview with Steven Hill, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 8, 2011.

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• Yes, I have been studying piano since I was six. Classical, jazz, compositional, Broadway, everything. I just love it all.

  Janel Parrish

  Piano, Broadway, Six

  "Skyler Shaye and Janel Parrish Worship at the Alter of the Bratz!". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. July 24, 2007.

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• It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese.

  Jason Patric

  Vocabulary, Interesting, Helping

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• In the last 20 years of collecting contemporary African art, I have been bombarded by incredible shapes and colors that I now want to translate into clothes.

  Jean Pigozzi

  Art, Color, Years

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• John Cusack and I have been friends since childhood, and the fact that we're in so many films together is, no pun intended, serendipitous.

  Jeremy Piven

  Childhood, Together, Facts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There are lot memories to take home but the most emotional moment has been when I was touching down in New Delhi. Tears rolled down when I saw the red soil in Delhi from the plane.

  Kamla Persad-Bissessar

  Memories, Home, Emotional

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• I think the funds that have been pledged at Euro Summit combined with the outcome of the private sector involvement process should be sufficient in order to support financially the Greek economy.

  Lucas Papademos

  Thinking, Order, Support

  "Greek PM: Two Deals But No Drachma Ahead Cnbc’s Chief International Correspondent Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Speaks With Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos". Interview with Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, www.cnbc.com. January 15, 2012.

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• I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written.

  Manuel Puig

  Book, Literature, Study

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• My parents have been together for 65 years. They're both really stubborn. They're not quitters.

  Mary-Louise Parker

  Years, Parent, Together

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I once tried to make lace - which has been a great obsession of women - unsexy. And I achieved it.

  Miuccia Prada

  Lace, Obsession

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together.

  Oscar Pistorius

  Determination, Real, Team

  "'Blade runner' Pistorius handed dream double Olympic ticket", www.cnn.com. July 5, 2012.

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• The last four years under President Obama have been trying and troubling for this entire country. The tired big government policies of the past have failed us. We can't afford more disappointments. We need a new direction. We need a new president.

  Reince Priebus

  Country, Disappointment, Tired

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• George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go.

  Richard Perle

  Agency, Directors, Culture

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• There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people close to a vicious regime, the people of Iraq have been liberated and they understand that they've been liberated.

  Richard Perle

  Small Numbers, Iraq, People

  "Turkey at the Crossroads". Luncheon keynote speech at a AEI conference, www.aei.org, September 22, 2003.

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• President Obama has been attacking relentlessly. In 2008 he said that if you're out of fresh ideas you use stale tactics against your opponent - you try and make your opponent unacceptable and that's what he is trying to do.

  Rob Portman

  Ideas, Trying, President

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