- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Said Quotes
Words spoken, decisions made.
This collection centers on moments of speaking up — reciting the rosary as part of a faith practice, warning lawmakers about foreign policy risk before Congress, and casting a vote that came with real consequences at the United Nations. For more on personal conviction, see our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have the philosophy of yes. If anybody asks me to do a job, I say, 'Yes.' I've said yes to everything.
- Christmas Album
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it.
- Frequent
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a very small town where nearly everyone knew each other, and odds were that whatever you said about a person would make it back to them by nightfall - something incomers learned, to their frequent embarrassment.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
My Gram said that I would get the role in whichever show God thought was right but it wouldn't hurt to express a preference. I told her that I would like to do 'The Brady Bunch' because I'd have five other kids on the set to play with. God was listening.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother listened to everything I said, carefully - not that what I said was particularly interesting, but I was her daughter.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a complete surprise when Warren called me at my office at Yahoo, and my secretary said it was Warren Buffett. I figured it was a friend of mine playing a joke on me.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was made CEO of Reynolds the first time, someone asked me what it was like to be a female CEO. But I said, 'I don't know what its like to be a male CEO, so I can't really answer that question.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It turned out that all socio-political forces - namely the United Development Party, Indonesian Democratic Party, Functional Group, and ABRI factions - said the majority of people still wanted me to accept the renomination for the 1998-2003 term. Well, that being the case, I was ready to accept their renomination with a sense of responsibility.
- Nov 07, 2020
If I am not mistaken, it was a British poet who said that 'no one is properly dressed unless he wears a smile.'
- Blind
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a child, I dreaded blindness. We used to ask: 'Would we rather be blind or deaf?' I said I'd rather be blind, even though I was scared of it. I couldn't bear not being able to hear music or talk to people.
- Big Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was March 1974, I was in my MTech final year when I came across a notice which stated - Telco requires bright, young engineers at a salary of Rs 1,500. This was big money at that time. But that notice followed with a line that said lady students need not apply. I was agitated!
- Nov 07, 2020
That was just kind of a surprise when the doctor said, 'We did a biopsy on your appendix, and you have cancer.'
- Caliber
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- Nov 07, 2020