#th

I always get scared of traffic cops when I'm driving, like I freak out even when I'm not doing anything wrong. I still think they're going to pull me over and arrest me. ↗

— Leelee Sobieski

#anything #arrest #cops #doing #driving

It's an embarrassment that we don't have a broad enough consensus among political leaders that true reform should take place. I could count the members of Congress on one hand that took these issues seriously. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#broad #congress #consensus #could #count

My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#because #believe #elected #elected officials #heart

We had to depend on other institutions to do research on our behalf. We had to use the information that already existed to craft the best practices to distribute throughout the country. And we had to do all of that in ten months. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#behalf #best #country #craft #depend

We have no basis for having a recall of any particular type of voting equipment because there are no standards. And when we do have standards, even these standards are required to be voluntary. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#basis #because #equipment #even #having

What we say is that democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens. But if you stand in line for six hours, technically, today there is no document, no standard, no law that says that that's wrong. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#democracy #document #hours #intimidation #law

When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#between #fixed #growing #growing up #i

I did try to get a few of those teen high-school movies, but they just didn't like me. I guess I wasn't a certain type. ↗

— Leelee Sobieski

#did #few #get #guess #high-school

I was being honest - I have nothing to hide. All I do, all the time, with everybody, is tell them what I am thinking, what I am feeling. ↗

— Leelee Sobieski

#being #being honest #everybody #feeling #hide

I guess because it feels more open, but I think being married is way sexier, because it's really like your soul partner in a permanent fashion, and then you strive for it to be something permanent, and that type of commitment and trust, if you can achieve it, is so good for the soul. ↗

— Leelee Sobieski

#because #being #commitment #fashion #feels