Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me.


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I've realized that I'm more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love ...
VALERIE BERTINELLI
No reason to dwell on why. We all know bullies are bullies because they have their own problems they...
VALERIE ORMOND
Regarding Wikileaks, I have profound ambivalent feelings about it. I am a firm believer in a strong ...
VALERIE PLAME
I would never jeopardize classified information. I served my country well and loyally, and I had to ...
VALERIE PLAME
When we were subjected to a vicious character assassination campaign orchestrated by senior White Ho...
VALERIE PLAME
The United States is a strong and ardent ally of Israel. The fact of the matter is that friends can ...
VALERIE JARRETT
The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.
VALERIE JARRETT
I can tell you, all the intelligence services in the world were running my name through their databa...
VALERIE PLAME
I have always been appalled by the depiction of female CIA operatives.
VALERIE PLAME
My music confuses people because they think I will sound a certain way because I look a certain way ...
VALERIE JUNE
How, given the canine teeth and close-set eyes that declare the human animal to be a predator, had w...
VALERIE MARTIN
We've targeted several types of industries such as automobile suppliers and distribution centers bec...
VALERIE GRAY
Over the years, from serving in the CIA to sitting on non-profit boards, I have observed first-hand ...
VALERIE PLAME
How lucky are we to have Naomi Watts and Sean Penn playing us? We've seen the final cut now a co...
VALERIE PLAME
These are issues we've been grappling with since the Constitution was written: how you hold your...
VALERIE PLAME
To my knowledge, no one has died from a cyberattack... but there is a gray area between peace and wa...
VALERIE PLAME
We don't have to sit by while Trump uses his enormous global platform to undermine our national ...
VALERIE PLAME
He still has some working documents to sort out before we can offer him a contract, but we certainly...
VALERIE WILDER
The male function is to produce sperm. We now have sperm banks.
VALERIE SOLANAS
Your description should include detailed directions on how to execute the prank, its intended respon...
VALERIE PONTBRIAND
We had a spectacular turnout this year, far better than we could ever have imagined. We've had a ver...
VALERIE OSBORN
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which in 1996 set out to ban nuclear tests, is an importa...
VALERIE PLAME
Whatever you think of Trump, I think most people would agree he is impulsive, and we certainly have ...
VALERIE PLAME
I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street fr...
VALERIE JUNE
I am angry when I hear things like Cheney whispering into Bush's ear on the way to Obama's i...
VALERIE PLAME
It opened a lot of people's eyes. That day, people here realized how essential information technolog...
VALERIE ROBERTSON
I counsel my clients to pull one [report] each quarter.
VALERIE SHERWOOD
When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparen...
VALERIE PLAME
Were from a world where if you never ask it's always a No
VALERIE WALKER
Normally, activities like that are not something that would be enough to agitate a nest.
VALERIE FELLOWS
Many people confuse “chronic fatigue” (which is a symptom of many chronic conditions, including ...
VALERIE FREE
They also had a guest choir from Malden, Massachusetts, and the featured soloist with the choir was ...
VALERIE CUNNINGHAM
According to the 2000 'Report of the U.N. Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiatio...
VALERIE PLAME
As humans have a prior right to existence over dogs by virtue of being more highly evolved and havin...
VALERIE SOLANAS
I've been working with Global Zero. They are a great organization leading the resistance against...
VALERIE PLAME
I expect the closest she got was something like Venice.
VALERIE STEELE
I have been striving for this all season. Getting this last one meant a lot to me. Now I can focus o...
VALERIE BLOUNT
I will never be the same. Never. He took something away from me, mentally and physically.
VALERIE AERNI
I think this was a victory for all the employees at the Oregon State Hospital.
VALERIE AERNI
I still have dreams of being beaten up. I'm not the same person, and I never will be. He has changed...
VALERIE AERNI
If I lose this, we all lose. Everyone would be more vulnerable.
VALERIE AERNI
If we could get to the point where we're the suppliers of the lettuce, that would be a great thing.
VALERIE ROBINSON
Every Latter-day Saint is a feminist by virtue of being a member.
VALERIE HUDSON
Sentiment remains fragile... We are still waiting for signs that companies are rebuilding margins an...
VALERIE PLAGNOL
[Fitzgerald charged that Libby told FBI agents and the grand jury that] he was at the tail end of a ...
VALERIE PLAME
That was the one major factor that, when they discontinued its use, the numbers recovered.
VALERIE FELLOWS
Having a few pairs of boots, which can go with a variety of lengths, is really functional.
VALERIE STEELE
Joe was being called a liar and a traitor; I'm being accused of nepotism, of being a glorified s...
VALERIE PLAME
Two other highly vocal FMSF Advisory Board members are Dr Elizabeth Loftus and Professor Richard Ofs...
VALERIE SINASON
Families go to the ballpark, so why not bring the dog?
VALERIE KOTYS
To those who are struggling. To talk about a struggle, you're likely to forget about it. To be shown...
VALERIE OWENS
They're a good source of one-stop diversification for a novice.
VALERIE PUTCHAVEN