#just be

I'd already made the decision before I'd even read it-just because it was John Sayles. Then when I read it, the themes were actually themes that have been a big part of my life. ↗

— Mary Steenburgen

#already #because #been #before #big

I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position, just because I'm a Democrat. I've had cardinals refuse to shake my hand because I'm a Democrat. ↗

— Bart Stupak

#cardinals #communion #democrat #even #give

I didn't want to just be another girl singer. I wanted there to be something that set me apart. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#apart #girl #i #just #just be

Those people behind the mosque have to respect, have to appreciate and have to defer to the people of New York. The wound is still there. Just because the wound is healing you can't say, 'Let's just go back to where we were pre-9/11. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#back #because #behind #defer #go

If you allow for a purely capitalistic society, without any type of regulation at all, you will get one monopoly that will eat all of the smaller fish and own everything, and then you'll have zero capitalism, zero competition - it would just be one giant company. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#any #capitalism #capitalistic #company #competition

I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited. ↗

— Olivia Thirlby

#any #because #being #doing #dream

I always have been a private person. I like to be alone. When I was a little girl I used to listen to the radio and just be by myself. ↗

— Columba Bush

#always #been #girl #i #i always

This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary. ↗

— Patricia Heaton

#because #certain #cost #feel #gadgets

That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#great #great joy #joy #just #just be

There have been people who have tried to take advantage of me. They want to be linked to me just because I'm Ethel Merman. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#because #been #i #just #just because