Jayapal Quotes & Sayings

One does not cease to treasure a gem simply because one owns another that is larger. — Marie Brennan

life doesn't come with any guarantees. You have to risk it to get the biscuit. — Melinda Leigh

Stop it, she told herself.
There was only so much she could control.
But that was just it. She was trying so hard because she felt so out of control. — Sarah Addison Allen

There may be some difficulties during a period of adjustment. Specifically, picking up their life again and making their own truly independent decisions. — Rick Ross

It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice. — Faith Hill

Part of comprehensive immigration reform is not just the path to citizenship for undocumented workers, but also the ability for families to be together. — Pramila Jayapal

As soon as something really bad happens, I guarantee you Congress will act. I absolutely guarantee you Congress will act. But the question is, should we wait for that? — Tim Kaine

When I'm writing, I don't really have much other guide than, 'As a reader, how would I respond to this?' — Ann Leckie

You can't lock yourself up and make yourself completely safe. You can't. It's not possible. — Pramila Jayapal

If you love something, set it free. — Abraham Lincoln

Maybe the only way to really start over is to tear everything apart. — Shaun David Hutchinson

This war is really the greatest insanity in which white races have ever been engaged. — Alfred Von Tirpitz

The immigration system is broken and it needs to be fixed. And it needs to be fixed comprehensively, because this country depends on immigrant workers, but we don't have a system that reflects that. Our system is absolutely antiquated. — Pramila Jayapal

Disease is a dynamic process. It has a beginning - slow or sudden - develops, reaches in many cases an acme, and ends in recovery or death. — Henry E. Sigerist

We [Americans] really need a system that comprehensively looks at the fact that we need these workers in the United States, we need to be able to provide a pathway to citizenship. We need to be able to allow them to be here legally and to do the work that they are doing and that we need. — Pramila Jayapal

Don't just declutter, de-own. — Joshua Becker

I did tell Jack about the talk I'd had with Dane, and he listened closely. I realized that although Jack comprehended Dane's views, on a visceral level he didn't get him at all. "He should have fought for you," Jack said. "He should have tried to hand me my own ass."
"What would that have accomplished?" I asked. "It's ultimately my choice, isn't it?"
"Yeah, you get the choice. But that doesn't change the fact that he should have come after me like a damn Viking for taking his woman."
"You haven't taken me," I protested.
He slid me a purposeful glance. "Yet."
-Jack & Ella — Lisa Kleypas

This is all very personal for me, but it's also collective, and the two are not disconnected. I have never believed that you only advocate for the things that you stand for and embody. I've always believed that our liberation, my liberation, is tied up with yours. To make a country that works for me, there's gotta be a country that works for you. — Pramila Jayapal

I keep going back to love when I write songs because I can't figure it out. — Taylor Swift

Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked. — Sophocles