Members Quotes - Page 9

• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I think all members of Congress are very concerned about the fact that, while we want to see our law enforcement agencies have every means they can possibly have to combat terrorism, we've got to remember that we've had a Constitution in place for 225 years, and it has served us well.

  Saxby Chambliss

  Mean, Thinking, Agency

  "Rep. Saxby Chambliss: Anti-terrorism measures in the U.S". CNN Chat Room, www.cnn.com. October 2, 2001.

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• The food in the House of Commons is fairly good. The cafe in Portcullis House is really very high quality, and you also have a choice of eating in the more traditional restaurants, the Churchill Room or the Members' Dining Room. I don't often eat in them, though, as I'm usually on the run.

  Vince Cable

  Running, Choices, House

  "What's in your basket, Vince Cable?" by Rebecca Seal and Dr John Briffa, www.theguardian.com. December 5, 2009.

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• As an audience member, I live vicariously through the characters I watch or read about. There's something very relatable about comic-book characters. They're never perfect. They're flawed people put in extraordinary circumstances.

  James Badge Dale

  Book, Character, Perfect

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• The crew members for 'The Price Is Right' at night are the same guys who work 'Y&R' during the day. It's even in the same studio. I've been in the place for 15 years. So all the faces at 'The Price Is Right' are familiar.

  Doug Davidson

  Night, Years, Guy

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• My own view is that if you filled every member of the parliamentary Labour party with a truth drug and lashed them to a polygraph lie detector, very, very few of them would support foundation hospitals.

  Frank Dobson

  Lying, Party, Views

  "The unofficial opposition: furry, fearless and perfectly Frank" by Jackie Ashley, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2003.

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• When you're in the minority, it doesn't matter what you're agenda is, you're not going to have the degree of freedom that you have as a member of the majority.

  Tom Daschle

  Majority, Degrees, Minorities

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• I'm a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.

  Howard Gordon

  Council, Policy, International

  "Q&A with Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa". Interview with Kris Kitto, thehill.com. October 18, 2011.

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• When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.

  Bart Gordon

  Office, Tennessee, Facts

  "Tennessee Rep. Bart Gordon (D) To Retire". www.realclearpolitics.com. December 14, 2009.

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• I don't want to be a full-time member of Pink Floyd all my life.

  David Gilmour

  Want

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• If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers.

  Harold H. Greene

  Real, Data, People

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• The only people I have seen who have been truly pushing for the truth are the family members.

  Sibel Edmonds

  People, Pushing, Has Beens

  "Former FBI Translator Sibel Edmonds Calls Current 9/11 Investigation Inadequate". Interview with by Jim Hogue, baltimorechronicle.com. May 07, 2004.

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• You members of this Conference are to be the architects of the better world. In your hands rests our future.

  Harry S. Truman

  Hands, World, Architect

  United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1961). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

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