For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to get a driver's license, buy an airplane ticket and stop worrying about sudden deportation. But for the country as a whole, it's crucial that everybody have a citizen's stake in the nation's welfare.
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Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been wi... DOUGLAS ADAMS You're not going to be able to deliver jobs locally unless you sort out the nation's problem... ENDA KENNY I feel so honored to be able to say "What I do is for my son" without that being an excuse to do stu... C. JOYBELL C. I do not support amnesty. I do not support driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants. BRIAN SANDOVAL There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of ... 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CLINT EASTWOOD When he entered the anteroom, two women looked up at him. One was Miss Robertson, the governor's sec... GEORGE P. ELLIOTT Everybody's got something. In the end, what choice does one really have but to understand that t... DAVID RAKOFF I've gotten to know a lot of great people here in all the different sports. It's fun. It'... AARON RODGERS What's incredible about 'Hamilton,' and the reason you can't get a ticket, is becaus... LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants currently live within our borders. That's 11 million p... STEVE ISRAEL In the end, my pursuit of the elusive New York State driver's license became about much more tha... SUZANNE VEGA I'm for conservation, but it's mostly a con. That's the trouble. It's sentimental. B... PETER BEARD Death is a billion-dollar business. They can't even pass a law where it takes seven days to get ... JOHN CUSACK There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out o... 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JEAN SASSON Everybody in the South loves the one closeted homosexual who's married. It's just too funny ... TATE TAYLOR Let's take flight simulation as an example. If you're trying to train a pilot, you can simul... ROY ROMER I always say to anybody who's going over to America for the first time, 'Whatever you do, go... DANNY BOYLE I think it's really strange for somebody that's probably never been in the public eye. All o... CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's... JODIE FOSTER Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's g... ADAM LAMBERT Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward. AMY TAN Breathing, n You had asthma as a child, had to carry around an inhaler. But when you grew older... DAVID LEVITHAN Don't let anyone take care of you. Can you maybe leave that for me to do? I mean, take care of you? ... MELINA MARCHETTA She told me that she did not like the idea of your being in that house all by yourself, and that she... BRAM STOKER He said that academia reminded him of a badly run circus. The faculty members were like underfed ani... SUSAN HUBBARD We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many pe... DAVID ATTENBOROUGH Robert Englund's done an amazing job over the years playing Freddy. Everybody that's a fan o... JACKIE EARLE HALEY Facebook's the real deal. Nobody can buy Facebook now. Everybody has taken an angle at it. But F... BARRY DILLER For decades, I have cringed whenever someone called me 'illegal,' as if I'm an insect on... JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS It's hard to be judgmental once you've been around the world... it's pretty hard to be a... BRAD PAISLEY One of the things I like best about Netflix is that they make projects like 'Beasts of No Nation... WAGNER MOURA It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stabilit... GERALD R. FORD The refugee crisis is a challenge for the whole of Europe, and Europe - it's a very fair point t... EMMANUEL MACRON No one pretends anymore that the Olympics are just about sports. It's routine to talk about what... GEORGE PACKER It's about a young girl who will stop at nothing to be the valedictorian of her class. It's ... KEVIN WILLIAMSON Marathon Day in Boston and all of Massachusetts, it's Patriot's Day, and it's a big cele... ELIZABETH WARREN Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that... MALCOLM TURNBULL Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience w... ORLANDO BLOOM There are so few roles out there. And even if it is a film that could be led by a black actress, how... OCTAVIA SPENCER It seems ridiculous that you can be in one state with your driver's license and buy a firearm, a... JOE PERRY It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to ... HENRY ROLLINS Everybody's fast and strong, but to go out there and throw pass-rush moves or be able to do some... MALIK JACKSON Once I got my driver's license everybody treated me like I was an adult. CANDACE CAMERON BURE What matters is what we do with the life we have. CARRIE RYAN To be a good citizen, it's important to be able to put yourself in other people's shoes and ... ELI PARISER The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for wome... CANDACE BUSHNELL I get anxious about a lot of things, that's the trouble. I get anxious about everything. I just ... HUGH LAURIE Love, what you DO,
Respect, who DOES for you,
Appreciate, who DOES for others,
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