Martha Wainwright Quotes
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If al Qaeda or any other enemy of our country manages to create a situation or explode a bomb or murder or incapacitate large numbers of our people, we cannot wait for 7 weeks of a special election in order to deal with that.
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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Architecture is undistinguished, sometimes derelict, but occasionally, as in 'Post and Beam,' there is something arresting in a setting... the building behind the Cathedral.
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You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.
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I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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During my adolescence, our family dwelt in rural Alaska. We were dirt poor, Depression-era poor. Tarpaper shack and kerosene lamps. In those days I read because that's all I had. I wrote because that's all I had.
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I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who I always feel is looking after me.
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I like to travel by myself.
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I've got some good movement on my sinking fastball, and I rely on that.
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There is no element of genius without some form of madness.
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Everything is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period.
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People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.
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So much business is based on the belief that we should do whatever we can within legal limits to make as much money as we can. Ben & Jerry's was based on values, and we try to operate a business that not just sells ice cream but partners with all our stakeholders - whether that's suppliers or customers - to bring about a more sustainable world.
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I've learnt to hide my tears on stage. They make people uncomfortable.