Jersey Quotes

• The job of a leader, the job of a governor, the job of a president is to get the people in the room and to bang enough heads together and rub enough arms and cajole enough to have them put the country's and the state's greater interests ahead of their own personal interests.

  Chris Christie

  Country, Jobs, America

  "Veepstakes hits high gear at CPAC" by Juana Summers, www.politico.com. June 8, 2012.

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• New Jersey shaped who and what I am. Growing up in Jersey gave you all the advantages of New York, but you were in its shadow. Anyone who's come from here will tell you that same story.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  New York, Growing Up, Shadow

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• I feel like if you're in Jersey, you have to be a Jersey Devils fan. Anybody born within the confines of the border of the state of New Jersey, I feel, should be a Jersey Devils fan.

  Kevin Smith

  Devil, Fans, Borders

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• Otherwise, I spend a lot of time at my boyfriend's home in the country, in New Jersey.

  Eva Herzigova

  Country, Home, My Boyfriend

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• By failing to keep their end of the bargain, the Bush administration would allow New Jersey projects to deteriorate and make New Jersey highways and bridges less safe.

  Bob Menendez

  Bridges, Aggravation, Safe

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• My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.

  Anita Diament

  Childhood, Denver, My Family

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• And then we moved to New Jersey and I went to the Art Students League.

  Donald Judd

  Art, League, Students

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• I am really rather like a beautiful Jersey cow, I have the same pathetic droop to the corners of my eyes.

  Deborah Kerr

  Beautiful, Eye, Cows

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

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• Artificial Intelligence leaves no doubt that it wants its audiences to enter a realm of pure fantasy when it identifies one of the last remaining islands of civilization as New Jersey.

  Godfried Danneels

  Islands, Civilization, Doubt

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• My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen.

  Michael Strahan

  Sports, New York, Team

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• I believe the challenge the city faces is attracting continued development into the inner and western part of Jersey City. Nobody should be left behind as Jersey City continues to prosper and grow.

  Frank Vincent

  Believe, Cities, Challenges

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• I was born on May 17, 1979, in Newark, New Jersey.

  Joe Tex

  May, Born, Newark

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• Its the name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back.

  Joe Paterno

  Names, Nfl, Matter

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• The results of a new study are out this week saying that New Jersey is one of the most livable states in the country. The study has a margin of error of 100 percent.

  Conan O'Brien

  Country, Errors, Study

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• My feeling about growing up in New Jersey was, 'How come I'm not in New York?' That being said, I'm older and I have a better worldview now, and so I think I grew up in an incredibly privileged position. The town I grew up in is beautiful. I got a great education, and I'm very grateful for it.

  Anne Hathaway

  Beautiful, New York, Growing Up

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• When you say, 'I spent my summers at the Jersey Shore,' people always say, 'Oh, really?' They think of the TV show. So I just say, 'A cute little harbor town in New Jersey.'

  Taylor Swift

  Cute, Summer, Thinking

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• If some unemployed punk in New Jersey, can get a cassette to make love to Elle McPherson for $19.95, this virtual reality stuff is going to make crack look like Sanka.

  Dennis Miller

  Reality, Making Love, Cracks

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• Philly is more East Coast than Pittsburgh. It's closer to New Jersey and New York, so the vibe is way more fast-paced.

  Wiz Khalifa

  New York, East, Pittsburgh

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• I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I'm like, 'I didn't think I'd be here.'

  Kevin Durant

  Thinking, Nba, Looks

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

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• I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a victim of the layoffs, you know, in the mid-'70s. And then I worked as a sales engineer for a company in New Jersey that was selling industrial filtration equipment.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Teacher, New York, School

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• The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.

  Harlan Coben

  Dream, Kids, Happy Life

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• Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics - it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time.

  Queen Latifah

  New York, Kids, Rocks

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. October 30, 2002.

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• School is where children spend most of their time, and it is where we lay the foundation for healthy habits. That's why New Jersey is the first state to adopt a comprehensive school nutrition policy that bans candy, soda, and other junk food.

  Richard Codey

  Children, School, Healthy Habits

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• I had just done what she does in the story just about a year earlier - I moved from New Jersey and came to New York and was working at a bar, and you know, trying to make it.

  Piper Perabo

  New York, Years, Trying

  "Showbiz Today Star of Tomorrow Piper Perabo". Interview with Lori Blackman, www.cnn.com. August 9, 2000.

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• I'm a partner in a company called Helicopter Services and Instruction out of New Jersey.

  Treat Williams

  Instruction, Partners, Helicopters

  "Afternoon Treat". Interview with Michael Portantiere, www.theatermania.com. April 26, 2002.

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