Members Quotes - Page 7

• I am deeply Catholic and always will be, but I'm no longer a member of the church. I left in 2003 because of the sex abuse scandal.

  Julianna Baggott

  Sex, Catholic, Abuse

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• I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and members of my family have all given me one, and I put them on this chain so no matter where I am they're always with me.

  Lake Bell

  People, My Best Friend, Necklaces

  "Lake Bell Tells Us How To Make It In America". Interview with Johanna Cox, www.elle.com. February 12, 2010.

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• Mr. Speaker, we are a blessed Nation. We have not suffered another attack on our soil since September 11, and we are grateful. We have killed or captured dozens of members of al Qaeda and the Taliban. Our military and intelligence forces are working both hard and smart.

  Marsha Blackburn

  Military, Smart, Grateful

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• Most Americans have some experience with nursing homes or other long term care settings, and nearly half have had a family member or close friend in a home in the past three years.

  Michael C. Burgess

  Home, Nursing, Past

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• U.N. Women was created due to the acknowledgement that gender equality and women's empowerment was still, despite progress, far from what it should be. Transforming political will and decisions, such as the Member States creating U.N. Women, into concrete steps towards gender equality and women's empowerment, I think is one of the main challenges.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Thinking, Political Will, Creating

  UN News Centre Interview, www.un.org. December 3, 2012.

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• We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated.

  Tim Bishop

  Gang Members, Needs, Messages

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• As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans.

  Xavier Becerra

  Perspective, Effort, Important

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• I was ranked the second most conservative member in the House.

  Jason Chaffetz

  House, Conservative

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• I paid my way through school doing set construction for film and television. I'm a member of Local 44. I was a construction coordinator on 'Beverly Hills 90210' for 4 1/2 years and ran their whole construction program. I did two other pilots as a coordinator for Aaron Spelling.

  Michael Cudlitz

  School, Years, Two

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

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• All I know is that as an audience member, I am less and less inclined to go to the theater.

  Shane Carruth

  Theater, Audience, Knows

  "How Shane Carruth Constructs". Interview with Paul Dallas, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 3, 2013.

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• And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Team, Book, Writing

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

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• Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavours.

  Chris Cornell

  Differences, Personality, Leaving

  ""Audioslave no more ?"". IGN Music, www.ign.com. February 16, 2007.

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• Each of our children during their high school years went to 'early morning seminary' - scripture study classes that met in the home of a church member every school day morning from 6:30 until 7:15.

  Clayton Christensen

  Morning, Children, Home

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• Like most of my friends in school, I was a member of multiple circulating libraries; and all of us, to begin with, borrowed and read the same things.

  Aravind Adiga

  School, Library, Multiple

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• Let me tell you something: if you're on an island for three and a half months and you're four and a half hours by boat from the nearest store, and there's nobody but 30 crew members on the island, I guarantee that you'd be running around without your clothes on.

  Christopher Atkins

  Running, Islands, Guarantees That

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

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• I am very proud to be a part of the Livestrong Foundation. I am maybe only a member but I give everything I can to be sure that people understand that cancer is a disease for everybody - not only in France, in Europe, in Asia, it is all over the world. We must fight together, we must make something to fight the cancer, we must Livestrong.

  Gregoire Akcelrod

  Cancer, Fighting, Europe

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• Over the years, I've had a lot of different jobs - newspaper boy, dish washer, naval flight officer, Amtrak board member, Governor and chairman of the National Governors Association - just to name a few. But my most cherished job - and frankly my most important job for that matter - is being a father.

  Thomas Carper

  Jobs, Father, Boys

  "Showing a Father’s Love by Protecting Our Children’s Health" by Tom Carper, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2012.

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• When I'm at my grandparents', I know I literally have to do nothing but relax, enjoy myself, and enjoy my family members' company.

  Tyson Chandler

  Grandparent, Relax, My Family

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• One thing I've learned - and I've said this to Republicans and Democrats - is, bees cannot sting and make honey at the same time. They have to make a choice. Either they are going to be a stinger or a honey-maker, and I contend that honey is a symbol of legislation and, the nuclear language used by members is the stinger, and you can't do both.

  Emanuel Cleaver

  Choices, Nuclear, Honey

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• We've gotten to the point now where Republicans and Democrats have nothing in common besides being members of the 'caustic caucus,' and we can't get anything done.

  Emanuel Cleaver

  Done, Common, Being Me

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• The bill then says if the Senate does not act, then H.R. 1 (the House-passed bill that cuts $61 billion) will be the law of the land. In addition to that, it says that if all else fails, and the Senate brings about a shutdown, then members should not get their pay.

  Eric Cantor

  Cutting, Law, Land

  "House Republicans plan symbolic bill to pressure Senate on shutdown" by Felicia Sonmez, www.washingtonpost.com. March 30, 2011.

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• Well, if Democratic members in the House elect Nancy Pelosi as their leader, it's almost as if they just didn't get the message from the voters this election. I mean, the voters outright rejected the agenda that she's been about. And here they're going to put her back in charge.

  Eric Cantor

  Mean, House, Leader

  "Key Republican Lawmakers on GOP Agenda for New Congress". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. November 7, 2010.

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• Do codons overlap? In other words, as we read along the genetic message do we find a base which is a member of two or more codons? It now seems fairly certain that codons do not overlap.

  Francis Crick

  Two, Messages, Certain

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• The Patriotic Millionaires campaign, pulled together quickly by the Agenda Project in New York City, just happens to appear on the same day as a new study from the Center for Responsive Politics revealing that half of the members of the House and the Senate are millionaires.

  Joe Conason

  New York, Patriotic, Cities

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• An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes.

  Kim Campbell

  Children, Numbers, Needs

  Address at Progressive Conservative Brunch in Montreal, Quebec, www.canadahistory.com. August 22, 1993.

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