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I think people's patience may be getting a little thin, from what I'm hearing my constituents say,


Jean Godden

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FRANK GORE Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.
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MITCH HEDBERG The constituents of tragedy may be universally acknowledged, easily invoked and deeply felt, but the...
PAUL DI FILIPPO For myself, for a long time... maybe I felt inauthentic or something, I felt like my voice wasn'...
TOM HIDDLESTON I'm not getting any clamoring (for a special session) from constituents or anybody else.
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NICKOLI LEE ALLEN D'AVANZO They say it's impossible.
I refuse to believe it.
The journey may be difficult and the de...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH It is a happy coincidence between what my constituents believe and my interests.
JAY INSLEE Physically, I may still be needing a little bit. I think I may need a suit of armor.
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ED HARRIS I'm getting there. It's more from the mental standpoint now. There will be a little bit of pain, and...
EDDIE JOHNSON Im Holding onto What i Hope Will Keep You by My side
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CECELIA AHERN I don't think I'm too thin at all. I understand when people say, 'Well your face gets gaunt,' but to...
COURTENEY COX You said that you are ill... but from from what?
DEYTH BANGER As alderperson I'd be focusing totally, 100 percent on all constituents in my ward. It would be my p...
CORDELIA THORPE I'm having ?not welcome' signs made up for the hearing. I hope a lot of people come to testify. Lawm...
DELEGATE DAVID RUDOLPH My philosophy in all my jobs at McDonald's is to be honest and say what I think and mean what I ...
CHARLIE BELL I dont believe in learning from other peoples pictures. I think you should learn from your own inter...
ORSON WELLES If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn...
ED HARRIS It’s true what they say about patience being a virtue; it just happens to be a virtue that I choos...
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TAD WILLIAMS Patience makes lighter
What sorrow may not heal.
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FOREST WITCRAFT I have been in discussions with the BBC regarding my involvement with SPOTY after hearing what I bel...
GREG RUTHERFORD I think I may have created a monster with my - I won't say act - but with my redneck pose.
BILLY CARTER I say let me never be complete, I say may I never be content,I say deliver me from Swedish furniture...
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GARY ADAMS No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.
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DANTE DITRAPANO Take time: much may be gained by patience.
OVID PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO But I wasn't getting in my pace, staying within myself, I was getting a little rushed. So I thin...
CAT OSTERMAN I think optimistically he'll be ready in two weeks. Realistically, it may be a little bit longer.
GEORGE PALETTA I know there are a lot of people who say that great players have trouble coaching, but I do think he...
ANDY MOOG The jean! The jean is the destructor! It is a dictator! It is destroying creativity. The jean must b...
PIERRE CARDIN I think that what we're hearing from consumers today is that not only do fad diets not work, they're...
LINDA GILBERT The more Nos I open myself up to hearing, the closer I am getting to my super successful life.
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KIM ADAMS Sad and lonely cannot be the same, Not if im sad in you're little crowd.
LAWRENCE P. LE BLANC I was almost in tears when I walked in there and saw that I was going to be a part of that, answerin...
BRIAN DAWKINS That's what Roy does. I think those guys were hearing footsteps.
ANTHONY HENRY What thin partitions sense from thought divide.
ALEXANDER POPE We're looking forward to hearing what people have to say.
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DAN HARMON I certainly hope not. The city can take care of our region's special concerns.
JEAN GODDEN This is too much interference in business affairs. I'm fairly liberal-minded and I think the city sh...
JEAN GODDEN I believe this legislation intrudes on the affairs of business. We need to refocus our efforts on pr...
JEAN GODDEN For far too long, men have tried to tell women what work they can do,
JEAN GODDEN We just have an awful lot of projects that we are facing,
JEAN GODDEN It is so sad that it has come to this point,
JEAN GODDEN I am often involved in individual housing cases when constituents ask for my help. This chance to vi...
PAUL GOODMAN I've never wanted to be the ingenue. Now that I'm getting into my forties, I think my time a...
DEBI MAZAR If that should not be, cousin, I say: patience and shuffle the cards.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA From my standpoint it's disappointing. I think I could have played a little better.
ROBERTO LUONGO We're still seeing what the courts are doing with the current law, ... What I wanted to do with this...
JAMES TALENT I ask God to bind my life to your life so that my mind will be one with your mind," I repeat the wor...
AMY A. BARTOL To be quite honest, I don't think they knew what to expect from us. We were getting defensive pressu...
TRACY ENGLISH I have done my best to represent my constituents to the best of my ability. I want to represent what...
DAVE MITCHELL There's such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it. You may k...
L. M. MONTGOMERY We may be two years away from people getting money from this settlement.
BRUCE CARTON It was spontaneous based on what I saw at the time ? a very violent criminal situation at my border ...
BILL RICHARDSON I kind of think it's a little bit of a message from my father.
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GERARD LATORTUE I'm constantly looking for ways to learn and elevate your craft, patience for yourself, and pati...
ALDIS HODGE I think the nicest part was hearing from the parents that you listened.
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BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS What five members of the Supreme Court say the law is may be something vastly different from what Co...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FAIRLESS When we allow ourselves to show some patience and take time to listen to the others, we may learn a ...
ERIK PEVERNAGIE She had to represent her constituents.... I think all these commissioners do the same thing.
REP. PRISCILLA TAYLOR It's getting a little bit better every day, ... I hope it will be OK for Wednesday. For now, it's to...
LILIAN THURAM I didn't have the patience to study [words like] moms and dads and cats and dogs, so I set up an ind...
MARK SPITZER My father died when I was 4 years old, so I can't really say anything about his hearing.
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DELEGATE DAVID RUDOLPH I think, in general, people just want a new, refreshing voice, and they're hearing that from Kinky.
LAURA STROMBERG I have very little patience with children.
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JEAN ANOUILH If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characteriz...
JEAN PIAGET The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.
JEAN GIRAUDOUX If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
JEAN COCTEAU Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise is just para...
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