Has Beens Quotes - Page 30

• Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes.

  Rob Portman

  Country, Jobs, Government

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• The response to Pride has been so overwhelming. I mean, people have really loved it. And it's so rewarding because we had such a fun time making that film, and it was made with so much heart, that it's lovely that people seem to be responding in kind to that.

  Rosamund Pike

  Fun, Heart, Mean

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• I was lucky to have been born with cheekbones.

  Suzy Parker

  Lucky, Born, Cheekbones

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• Obviously, all of us have been influenced by those around us.

  Tom G. Palmer

  Tom G. Palmer (2009). “Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice”, p.35, Cato Institute

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• I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences.

  Tom Perrotta

  Growing Up, Writing, School

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• I ask questions, and a large part of my life has been spent asking questions of Ken Livingstone.

  Trevor Phillips

  Asking Questions, Asking, Asks

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• My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that other people wouldn't have been able to do. But then again, we've also been able to live a normal life as well.

  Zara Phillips

  Brother, People, Normal

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• I think Helen of Troy must have been pretty hot. She got two countries going crazy for 10 years over her.

  Colin Quinn

  Country, Crazy, Thinking

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• My finances have been decimated by a group of people, such as my ex-attorney, my ex-business manager, and an estate planner, specifically. And they have conspired together to - to co-op my corporations, put in trustees without my knowledge.

  Randy Quaid

  People, Together, Groups

  "VIDEO: Randy Quaid: Evi and I 'Cannot Function'" by Lindsay Powers, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 5, 2010.

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• I am flattered to have been the woman to have opened the door for female rockers to be accepted into the mainly male industry.

  Suzi Quatro

  Doors, Males, Female

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• Jeremih has been my favorite artist to collab with.

  Chance the Rapper

  Artist, Favorite Artist, My Favorite

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• My claim is simply that the literary approach is one necessary way to read and interpret the Bible, an approach that has been unjustifiably neglected. Despite that neglect, the literary approach builds at every turn on what biblical scholars have done to recover the original, intended meaning of the biblical text.

  Leland Ryken

  Biblical, Done, Way

  Leland Ryken (1984). “How to Read the Bible as Literature”, p.12, Zondervan

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• Being on Ozzfest has been a great way for us to break out and show metal fans that we have a heavy side.

  Adam Rich

  Metal Fans, Break Out, Way

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• If I had tried the Olympics any younger, I wouldn't have been as prepared as I am right now. But there are definitely a ton of juniors out there, all around the world and in the USA, that if there was no age limit, they could definitely make the Olympic team.

  Aly Raisman

  Team, Usa, Age

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• Winning 'The Apprentice' changed my life in ways I could never have imagined. It has been an amazing experience working for Donald Trump and I am very grateful for the whole opportunity.

  Bill Rancic

  Grateful, Winning, Opportunity

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• The photographs of space taken by our astronauts have been published all over the place. But the eye is a much more dynamic mechanism than any camera or pictures. It's a more exciting view in person than looking at the photographs. Of course, I personally am sick and tired of hearing people talk like that: I want to see it myself!

  Burt Rutan

  Taken, Tired, Eye

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• Cold-turkey deficit reduction would cause a significant recession. A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office estimated that going headlong over the cliff would cause our gross domestic product, which has been growing at an annual rate of around 2 percent, to fall at a rate of 2.9 percent in the first half of 2013.

  Christina Romer

  Fall, Turkeys, Office

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• It has been an honor to work in the Barack Obama Administration and to serve this President, particularly during a period of unprecedented change in the broader Middle East. Obviously, there is still work to do but I promised my wife I would return to government for only two years and we both agreed it is time to act on my promise.

  Dennis A. Ross

  Government, Years, Two

  "Top Obama Middle East adviser Dennis Ross stepping down" by Alex Mooney, www.cnn.com. November 10, 2011.

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• Arafat's whole life has been governed by struggle and a cause. Everything he has done as leader of the Palestinians is to always leave his options open, never close a door.

  Dennis A. Ross

  Struggle, Doors, Leader

  "Fox News Sunday" with Brit Hume, www.foxnews.com. April 21, 2002.

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• It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Responsibility, Adventure, Iraq

  "Larry King Live", transcripts.cnn.com. September 8, 2010.

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• Whenever I look at pictures of horrific things that soldiers do or that have been done to soldiers I always feel sorry for everybody involved because politics throws them into these horrific situations where really it's just 18-year-old kids.

  Gideon Raff

  Sorry, Kids, Years

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• In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with.

  Guy Ritchie

  People, Facts, Film

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• If Chevy Chase had not been an actor, he might have been a very popular guy in advertising or whatever field he would have gone into, because of his charisma.

  Harold Ramis

  Guy, Actors, Might

  "Harold Ramis: Expect the Unexpected". Psychology Today interview, www.psychologytoday.com. July 1, 1996.

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• The Irish move to a very low corporation tax has generated very significant revenue growth, considerably in excess of Britain's, where a slower economy has been combined with a number of stealth taxes.

  John Redwood

  Moving, Numbers, Growth

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• The Prime Minister in the UK thinks spending and borrowing more is the right thing to do in the circumstances, and is busily trying to bail out chunks of the private sector which would otherwise have to adjust more quickly to the painful reality that we have been living beyond our means.

  John Redwood

  Mean, Reality, Thinking

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