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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was said that Chile was not ready to vote for a woman, it was traditionally a sexist country. In the end, the reverse happened: the fact of being a woman became a symbol of the process of cultural change the country was undergoing.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
When James Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' turned out to be largely bunk, critics everywhere secretly rejoiced. They knew it, they said.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is often said that definitions of Islamic government are imprecise. To me, however, they seemed to have a clarity that was completely familiar and also, it must be said, far from reassuring.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
My proposal is one of national reconciliation, of national pacification. I've already said this many times, but what I propose is a government that could act as a national salvation.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science.
- Gospels
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've said to others that there were places I had forgotten about that were just so powerful. I've read the Gospels many times, but it's been a while since I've read through a whole book.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was about 19, my stepmother said - because this was back in the '80s - that I had Robert Wagner's pompadour. I said, 'What are you talking about? You mean the guy from 'Hart to Hart?'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a racist, that's what so insane about this, and yet it's said, it comes through, it fires out of me, and even now in the passion that's here as I confront myself.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I were to be cast as Cyrano or a Connecticut prep-school teacher or a gay boutique owner, it would only happen if some director I had worked with in the past said, 'Why don't we give Rispoli a shot at it?'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
They asked me why I was wearing heels, and I said, I'm trying to hide my ass. They gave me a prosthetic behind.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I said, 'Ooh, Dad, I want the yellow ones.' He said, 'Where?' I said, 'Right there, Dad. I want the yellow ones.' Everybody goes, 'Those are green'. That's how I knew I was colorblind.
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- Nov 07, 2020
America, to me, is this enormous contrast between the heady idealism of founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson, who said, 'All men are created equal,' and the reality that he was himself a slave owner.
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- Nov 07, 2020
With representation there to do the speaking, the guilty are suddenly given the freedom that comes with hiding behind the fact that they never said that - in fact, they never said anything!
- Clause
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- Nov 07, 2020
The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks.
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- Nov 07, 2020