California Quotes - Page 15

• There are two ways that you can gain territory from another group. One is by conquest. That's essentially the way we took California from Mexico and... Texas as well. But what's going on now may end up being a kind of recolonization of the Southwest, because the other way you can regain territory is by population infiltration and demographic dominance.... The United States will be faced with the problem that Canada has been faced with... and which our system is not prepared to accommodate.

  Eugene McCarthy

  Two, Texas, Political

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• You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

  Carly Fiorina

  Business, Mean, Tough Times

  "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. June 13, 2010.

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• [About the demand of the Board of Regents of the University of California that professors sign non-Communist loyalty oaths or lose their jobs within 65 days.] No conceivable damage to the university at the hands of hypothetical Communists among us could possibly have equaled the damage resulting from the unrest, ill-will and suspicion engendered by this series of events.

  Joel Henry Hildebrand

  Loyalty, Jobs, Science

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• Maybe it's because we as writers are alone so often, are so attuned to listening to the run of our own thoughts, that we find it more natural to write down the thoughts rather than the deeds of our characters. But speaking as a teacher who has spent some twenty years slogging through manuscripts where thoughts and exposition pile up as thick as the aftermath of a California mudslide, I can attest to the power of the evocative detail, gesture, or figment of speech.

  Les Standiford

  Running, Teacher, Character

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• When you touch me there, honey, makes my blood perspire, you got my body flaming like a California fire. Pulsing, pounding, pushing no longer in control, heatwave in my brain, smolder in my soul.

  Alice Cooper

  Fire, Blood, Poetry

  Song: Working Up A Sweat, Album: Muscle of Love, 1973

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• In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us.

  David Cassidy

  Impact, Keys, Suffering

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• Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and relevance of the contemporary arts, specifically music, for a society which by and large seems to manage quite well without them.

  Brian Ferneyhough

  Art, Commitment, Purpose

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• I love California. I love Hollywood.

  Dwight Henry

  Hollywood

  "Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, and Director Benh Zeitlin Talk About Their Feature Debut BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. June 27, 2012.

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• I'm no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. I've been doing some exploration of the inner space.

  Henry Hopper

  Reading, Writing, Boys

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• When I was filming 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' in America, for a couple of weeks beforehand we would always fit in a family holiday in California.

  Anthony Head

  Couple, Holiday, America

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• Since 2006, we have surpassed Alaska, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and California in oil production to become the second largest oil-producing state in the nation, trailing only Texas. In 2012, North Dakota produced more than 245 million barrels of oil and provided nearly 11 percent of all U.S. output.

  John Hoeven

  Alaska, Oklahoma, Texas

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• We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California.

  Kamala Harris

  Justice, Age, Criminals

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• I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.

  Kamala Harris

  Country, Believe, Adages

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• By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.

  Townsend Harris

  Mean, Japan, Steam

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• The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.

  John Jakes

  Land, Gold, Treasure

  John Jakes (2012). “California Gold”, p.28, Open Road Media

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• I was born in Orange County - in Santa Ana. My dad is from California. I was raised on the East Coast. My first two years were in California, but I claim East Coast. I'm sorry, I don't rep California.

  Michael B. Jordan

  Sorry, Dad, Years

  "Michael B. Jordan, ‘Fruitvale’ Star, Reveals His Early Tap Dancing Roots". Interview with Sasha Bronner, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 23, 2013.

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• The completion of my undergraduate training at the University of California (Berkeley) provided just the needed touches of rigor at advanced levels in both economics and mathematics.

  Lawrence Klein

  Training, Levels, Economics

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• On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in several Jewish projects, such as the establishment of a strong program of Judaic Studies at the University of California in San Diego.

  Walter Kohn

  Strong, Years, Jewish Identity

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• Whenever I get a free day, I drive up to some part of California that looks promising on the map.

  Kent McCord

  Looks, Maps

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• Instead of putting Americans to work, the Teamsters have been busy yanking members off projects and idling construction projects from California to Indiana to New York in order to shake down employers.

  Michelle Malkin

  New York, Construction Projects, Order

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• There are certain things that are inherently scarce. For example, there is only a certain amount of beachfront property in California. It is going to be scarce, it is going to be expensive.

  Ralph Merkle

  Example, Certain, Scarce

  "Nanotechnology: Designs for the Future". Interview with John Gehl, ubiquity.acm.org. July 2000.

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• I was producing demos for a band that was called Physical Ed. Out of production of demos I went and did a few jam sessions with then in Northern California clubs, but I never actually toured with them.

  Ronnie Montrose

  Jam, Band, Clubs

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• I'm from California, and still live in LA.

  Teena Marie

  Stills

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• The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.

  Gavin Newsom

  Art, Accepted, Values

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• I moved to California when I was twelve and I got a video camera and made little movies because I didn't have any friends yet. I would force my sister to make these movies with me - which became my YouTube channel.

  Dylan O'Brien

  Twelve, Video, Littles

  "Teen Wolf's Dylan O'Brien on the MTV series and his starring role in The First Time". Interview with Tommy Wesely, www.teenvogue.com. May 22, 2011.

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