Sheila Jackson Lee quote: "We cannot elect a president who provides no hope to the laid-off union worker, no hope for the mother of five and no hope for the researcher who might find a cure for cancer. We cannot elect a leader who is willfully ignorant to the outcry of young people who want real criminal justice reform and responsible gun safety legislation now."

America has a right to the Second Amendment, but the people of America have a right to safety and th...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

My new mission is, and I've said this to the White House, I want the Buy America to be real. I w...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

Can you tell me what's more unconstitutional than taking away from the people of America their F...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

I am a queen, and I demand to be treated like a queen.
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

It's all right to agree or disagree on the balanced budget amendment. It's all right to talk...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

I took and received campaign donations under the existing laws.
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

The Fifth Amendment speaks specifically to denying someone their life and liberty without due proces...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. E...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

My town hall meetings are with friends and neighbors, fellow Americans. We engage.
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

I was in the Black Power movement. I feel as energized about Black Lives Matter. I don't feel in...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

It is a historical fact that President Bush pushed this nation into a war that had little to do with...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

I think the Justice Department needs to be the final protector of the people of the United States of...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

Separating these two legislative initiatives would be like separating the flag from the Pledge of Al...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

Marching with over a million women in support of our reproductive rights was one of the most empower...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

Delays in rebuilding international good will are costing Americans lives in Iraq, and billions of do...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

Just as he lived on his own terms, advocating for the rights of human beings, the rights of those wh...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

This is a historical year for the Black Caucus, and we are reaching out to bring our community toget...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

We are saddened by the tremendous devastation suffered by so many communities, families and individu...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

The greatness of Americans is that we are mosaic - we are diverse.
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

Many of us in Congress have been calling on the Administration to articulate a bold mission for NASA...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

As I reviewed the number of documents about John Roberts’ record, it is imperative that there is i...
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

By virtually any measure, the record of the Republican Majority is an appalling failure.
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

We have not won the battle against drug trafficking.
SHEILA JACKSON LEE

Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years.
SHEILA BALLANTYNE

The youth are very important to me, they're the next generation, but I want to instill in kids, ...
SHEILA E.

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an exuberanc...
SHEILA GRAHAM

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exu...
SHEILA GRAHAM

Food is the most primitive form of comfort.
SHEILA GRAHAM

Men will often admit other women are oppressed but not you.
SHEILA ROWBOTHAM

When a woman reaches orgasm with a man she is only collaborating with the patriarchal system, erotic...
SHEILA JEFFRYS

(The teams) washed cars, bared their legs, sold garage sale junk, offered luminaries, sold suns and ...
SHEILA BLANKENSHIP

It was very cool to be honored and be acknowledged in that way for the first time ever, being nomina...
SHEILA E.

You can always trust the information given to you by people who are crazy; they have an access to tr...
SHEILA BALLANTYNE

If you made a movie about (evolutionary biologist Charles) Darwin now, it would be revolutionary. If...
SHEILA NEVINS

...women's bodies are "inferiorised, stigmatized . . . within an overarching patriarchal ideology. SHEILA JEFFREYS

I didn't realize, actually, at the time how terribly important this documentary was. I didn't know t...
SHEILA NEVINS

This documentary is about tapping into a celebration of gay people and prejudice against gay familie...
SHEILA NEVINS

a singular creative force in what may be called high-impact television.
SHEILA NEVINS

respect mostly the people on the other side of the camera.
SHEILA NEVINS

When a man is close to tears discussing his work and his lip quivers, he deserves bosses who punch b...
SHEILA NEVINS

The critical issue is to have a mentor, period, ... You want a mentor who has clout and who can be h...
SHEILA WELLINGTON

Weld County should be proud of the fact that we've been able to sustain this kind of event for 25 ye...
SHEILA AVERS

Our area just has a low amount of fertilizer in the natural soil. They won't grow well without ferti...
SHEILA BOETTCHER

He was suspended immediately, within minutes of his arrest.
SHEILA WEISS

I never knew You lived so close to the floor,
but every time I am bowed down,
crushed by t...
SHEILA WALSH

Parsons argued that medicine was a social institution that regulated social deviance through the pro...
SHEILA JEFFREYS

Most people either love or hate old libraries. To some, a room like this--dim, high-ceilinged, dusty...
SHEILA CONNOLLY

That's probably one of the reasons we picked a volcano. It's enduring but unpredictable.
SHEILA HUGHES

I'm not trying to sell sex. I just don't like wearing a lot of clothes onstage.
SHEILA ESCOVEDO

To me, the stage is like my living room, or my home, and when you come over to my house, I have to b...
SHEILA E.

These issues should not be resolved with a Santa Claus yarmulke.
SHEILA GORDON

Those are the times when we really need to crunch down and get a stop somehow.
SHEILA ROUX

If you made a movie about (evolutionary biologist Charles) Darwin now, it would be revolutionary. If...
SHEILA NEVINS

There are lots of pieces that are unknown.
SHEILA SCHUSTER

As tragic as this result is, unfortunately, it is not a surprise. We have been afraid for several we...
SHEILA CROWLEY

We called his references. If you saw his recommendations, they were glowing. Nobody said anything ab...
SHEILA WEISS

I took the situation into my own hands — I was just being a mama.
SHEILA PORTER

Jim Sullivan killed his wife. The state is going to prove it. We ask that you find him guilty.
SHEILA ROSS

Twelve hours. It can stretch out forever when you're waiting to hear the report on a biopsy. It can ...
SHEILA BLANKENSHIP

In our day and age, cyberspace remains the most promising outlet for the exercise of the most elemen...
SHEILA CORONEL

The problems of this country are so profound, there's a prolonged impasse. I don't see any solution ...
SHEILA CORONEL

For me the problem is not political. The problem is social inequality. There is a mass of people who...
SHEILA CORONEL

I'm not getting emotionally involved any more. It makes me too angry.
SHEILA CORONEL

It's very insidious. They say they are studying filing sedition charges. They say they have lists, b...
SHEILA CORONEL

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exu...
SHEILA GRAHAM

We've been to New Orleans three or four times and just couldn't believe the people could be having s...
SHEILA ALLEN

If you make an error, it's already on the computer and you can correct it. You can also track a docu...
SHEILA ALLEN

those children will be coming into our district. We need to have kindergarten classrooms ready for t...
SHEILA ALLEN

the neighborhood did not know what the school board and the district were thinking.
SHEILA ALLEN

I don't even really know who Ron White is.
SHEILA ALLEN

We were expecting a plane of folks from FEMA, ... What we're doing now is working with families who ...
SHEILA ALLEN

When a man curls his lip, when he uses ridicule, when he grows angry, you have touched a raw nerve i...
SHEILA ROWBOTHAM

in our own place.
SHEILA NEWBERRY

his hands, trying to stem the
SHEILA NEWBERRY

Hospital, and they raised money during the Jubilee in 1897 to enlarge it—’ ‘I don’t want one...
SHEILA NEWBERRY

face. I’m a fool, he thought, chasing a dream like my uncle, and now it’s all turned to ashes. W...
SHEILA NEWBERRY

However, as Bordo herself notes, the problem with the adoption of postmodern ideas in general is tha...
SHEILA JEFFREYS

There are some industry standards in flight numbering. For most carriers, all eastbound flights end ...
SHEILA WIEDEMANN

Masculinity cannot exist without femininity. On its own, masculinity has no meaning, because it is b...
SHEILA JEFFREYS

It’s lovely loving, isn’t it? In fact, I find it almost better, because being loved sometimes em...
SHEILA HANCOCK

Life is an all-encompassing art gallery. From the seasons ushering in change to the way a body moves...
SHEILA BURKE

When I think of Tao,
I think of the artist
Bob Ross and his famous painting techniques. ...
SHEILA BURKE

It’s about letting yourself feel,
but not wallow;
it’s about leaning into love, not ...
SHEILA BURKE

Taoism is simply the complete acceptance of yourself as you are right in this moment. It's about rol...
SHEILA BURKE

You have the power to change the happiness level in someone’s life and in the process you change y...
SHEILA BURKE

You know that you won’t remain Centered all the time, and it is a normal part of human life to dri...
SHEILA BURKE

Everything is in the root.
If you pick the weed without getting the root out of the soil, be a...
SHEILA BURKE

When the ego is in the driver’s seat, we judge. When our spirit, our authentic self, is in control...
SHEILA BURKE

The expensive car you bought doesn’t matter, but the way you treated the sales man did.
SHEILA BURKE

Sometimes you’re going to
shine like the sun; sometimes you’re going to crumble to pieces....
SHEILA BURKE

Dwelling on the past is like dragging a boat over dry land.
SHEILA BURKE

When you change the way you feel, it changes the way you think. When you change the way you think, y...
SHEILA BURKE

You have done well," Grandfather said. "We thank you."
"We were afraid sometimes," Jetsam repli...
SHEILA MOON

It all hinges on getting a little bit of financing. If the funding doesn't come through, the I'll be...
SHEILA MCGREGOR

(The Relay) was held with 12 hours of celebration, laughter, tears, reflection, walking -- and even ...
SHEILA BLANKENSHIP

I was running track early in my years and I was breaking track records in sprint running. I was trai...
SHEILA E.

Sometimes we simply don't want to face the truth about ourselves; the myth reads so much better. Som...
SHEILA WALSH

I now think it takes more faith to name our need than to keep believing that something will happen a...
SHEILA WALSH

That night after my parents had kissed me good night and closed my door, I got out of bed and took f...
SHEILA MOON

this daddy longlegs...became like a pet,' I offered. 'I remember that.'
'Not something you cou...
SHEILA HETI

But the witness of the substitutionary atonement of Jesus is that God's most difficult promise has b...
SHEILA WALSH

The Father is truly the only Promise Maker who is in earnest a Promise Keeper. A promise from God is...
SHEILA WALSH

The bath is one of the places I prefer, certainly not a place I leave readily, a place where one can...
SHEILA KOHLER

Carroll did a good job. We didn't move a lot offensively and we didn't move the ball a lot offensive...
SHEILA DINARDO

It just sums it all up, of how focused she is as a player. I think when she gets into a game, she bl...
SHEILA DINARDO

A computer won't clean up the errors in your manual of procedures.
SHEILA M. EBY

There is a certain amount of coercion that is implied. My general reaction is (this is) a disturbing...
ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHEILA LESLIE

I would support a letter.
ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHEILA LESLIE

This is about giving consumers better information so they can make better choices for themselves.
ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHEILA LESLIE

You've had a year. I know people turn over and that those things happen. ... But I don't think we wa...
ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHEILA LESLIE

If it affects drugs that people need the most, we will have to take a look at it.
ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHEILA LESLIE

We've got to start somewhere. I want to see something in place.
ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHEILA LESLIE

For too long, we've allowed our facilities to operate without checks and balances. We just assume a ...
ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHEILA LESLIE

Doesn't matter what other people do. The only competition you should beat is yourself. So strive to ...
SHEILA DELA PENA

You know that you won’t remain Centered all the time, and it is a normal part of human life to dri...
SHEILA M. BURKE

When you change the way you feel, it changes the way you think. When you change the way you think, y...
SHEILA M. BURKE

Everything is in the root.
If you pick the weed without getting the root out of the soil, be a...
SHEILA M. BURKE

It’s about letting yourself feel,
but not wallow;
it’s about leaning into love, not ...
SHEILA M. BURKE

Sometimes you’re going to
shine like the sun; sometimes you’re going to crumble to pieces....
SHEILA M. BURKE

When the ego is in the driver’s seat, we judge. When our spirit, our authentic self, is in control...
SHEILA M. BURKE

You have the power to change the happiness level in someone’s life and in the process you change y...
SHEILA M. BURKE

Taoism is simply the complete acceptance of yourself as you are right in this moment. It's about rol...
SHEILA M. BURKE

Dwelling on the past is like dragging a boat over dry land.
SHEILA M. BURKE

The expensive car you bought doesn’t matter, but the way you treated the salesman did.
SHEILA M. BURKE

Jay-Z is as politically correct as some of the politicians. He's safe. There's points when y...
CURTIS JACKSON

When I see children, I see the face of God. That's why I love them so much. That's what I se...
MICHAEL JACKSON

People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't...
MICHAEL JACKSON

Just because it's in print doesn't mean it's the gospel.
MICHAEL JACKSON

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straigh...
MICHAEL JACKSON

Well, especially now I come to realize - and then - I would do my schooling which was three hours wi...
MICHAEL JACKSON

Well, you don't get to do things that other children get to do, having friends and slumber parti...
MICHAEL JACKSON

Everything that I love is behind those gates. We have elephants, and giraffes, and crocodiles, and e...
MICHAEL JACKSON

Please keep an open mind and let me have my day in court.
MICHAEL JACKSON

Because I think every child star suffers through this period because you're not the cute and cha...
MICHAEL JACKSON

There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used ...
MICHAEL JACKSON

It's a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It's not the truth I'm here to say....
MICHAEL JACKSON

Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the ...
MICHAEL JACKSON

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.
MICHAEL JACKSON

But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.
MICHAEL JACKSON

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everyt...
MICHAEL JACKSON

I'm happy to be alive, I'm happy to be who I am.
MICHAEL JACKSON

My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time.
CURTIS JACKSON

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and d...
MICHAEL JACKSON

I'm still learnin'. I pick up something from every performer I watch.
WANDA JACKSON

And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert...
WANDA JACKSON

If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it.
WANDA JACKSON

I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
WANDA JACKSON

I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.
WANDA JACKSON

I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
WANDA JACKSON

I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis... not only were they personal friends.
WANDA JACKSON

But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.
WANDA JACKSON

There wasn't so many ISSUES like there are today. It was a simpler time.
WANDA JACKSON

I have some of the old videos of my performances on it.
WANDA JACKSON

On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing ...
WANDA JACKSON

None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in.
WANDA JACKSON

Getting comments like that from even the young people at the shows who probably aren't singers, ...
WANDA JACKSON

So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.
WANDA JACKSON

Right, different generations come along, and discover the music, I think.
WANDA JACKSON

If I needed to record, I'd head to the coast or Nashville, one or the other.
WANDA JACKSON

Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.
WANDA JACKSON

You could have a hit in California that no one had heard of in Oklahoma.
WANDA JACKSON

You know, no one steered people's careers in those days, I don't think, like they do today.
WANDA JACKSON

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.
WANDA JACKSON

Yeah, they let me do whatever I wanted to.
WANDA JACKSON

I enjoyed listening to it, but I didn't think I could do it.
WANDA JACKSON

As I go back and listen, the other girls weren't singing quite like I was.
WANDA JACKSON

They're dressing like in the 50's when they come out to the shows, and many of them have vin...
WANDA JACKSON

It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to p...
WANDA JACKSON

I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America.
WANDA JACKSON

I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood...
VICTORIA JACKSON

Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscien...
VICTORIA JACKSON

Are Christians too stupid that we can't write a script, we can't film a movie OR we don'...
VICTORIA JACKSON

I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to...
VICTORIA JACKSON

Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserv...
VICTORIA JACKSON

I was the only Christian on the cast, but that was cool because we all respected each others talent ...
VICTORIA JACKSON

But if you believe in Christ and that your main goal with your life is supposed to be to honor Him a...
VICTORIA JACKSON

When you go on an audition it's very frightening.
VICTORIA JACKSON

I stayed a virgin until I was 23. I didn't do drugs or drink or smoke.
VICTORIA JACKSON

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
VICTORIA JACKSON

I cried when I heard Johnny Carson died.
VICTORIA JACKSON

It was the best job I ever had. I just left because my whole team was leaving and the new guys were ...
VICTORIA JACKSON

I've never been in the music industry, only acting.
VICTORIA JACKSON

The bottom line of Hollywood is money.
VICTORIA JACKSON

It doesn't make your life stop being fun to be a Christian.
VICTORIA JACKSON

I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot.
VICTORIA JACKSON

They're desperately searching for meaning in their lives but they will not crack the Bible open.
VICTORIA JACKSON

That's pretty much why I went into show business because I wanted to have a guitar and sing unac...
VICTORIA JACKSON

Maybe entertainment is not supposed to be reality.
VICTORIA JACKSON

I think abortion is murder.
VICTORIA JACKSON

Sometimes I like to vent.
VICTORIA JACKSON

So finally I came up with a thing that felt really pure, and I'm Christian, so when I hear about...
VICTORIA JACKSON

I got a gymnastics scholarship to college, fell in love with my true love of my whole life - who I&#...
VICTORIA JACKSON

I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.
VICTORIA JACKSON

Because I hate fake people and I always think I'm never fake.
VICTORIA JACKSON

I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.
JACKSON RATHBONE

I grew up riding when I was younger in Texas. I actually learned how to ride in Norway. I really lov...
JACKSON RATHBONE

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