Top 25 Nydia Velazquez Quotes
#1. The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile.
Tom Rath
#2. There are people out there who don't like me, and that's because I speak out the way I feel.
Nydia Velazquez
#3. Fair and affordable housing is a basic right for all New Yorkers and all Americans.
Nydia Velazquez
#4. What an absolute folly love was. Talk about a flawed concept.
Richard Russo
#5. There's something wrong when there's nothing wrong.
David Levithan
#6. The ideal of an "all-round" education is out of date; it has been destroyed by the progress of knowledge.
Bertrand Russell
#7. The same tired people who dragged bags and baskets full of their dirty laundry out in public when they had a rare spare moment. It was a certain breed of people that used Laundromats and Ren had it down to such a fine science she could have probably recognized them on the street.
Amity Lassiter
#8. Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned around and started persecuting the people they didn't agree with - the scarlet letter A, and the stocks and the dunking board came from that. That puritanism is still there.
Hugh Hefner
#9. Historically and culturally, New York City and our entire nation simply would not be the same without the infusion of Asian traditions. Whether it is food, art, language or any other facet of cultural life, Asian Americans have made our city and our country stronger and richer.
Nydia Velazquez
#10. Of course, preserving the American dream has always meant creating opportunity for the most recently arrived Americans - those who have come here from other parts of the globe to work hard and build a new, better life.
Nydia Velazquez
#11. For small businesses to thrive, they require an environment that is conducive for growth.
Nydia Velazquez
#12. Nationally, more than one million Asian American entrepreneurs create jobs in their communities, helping fuel local commerce. In New York, we have seen firsthand how this community has helped drive our economy forward through hard work and ingenuity.
Nydia Velazquez
#13. We have to remember that not every action taken to solve a problem will be free of unforeseen consequences. No matter how good our intentions.
Rachel Fischer
#15. Most of us will never do great things. But we can do small things in a great way.
Maren Mouritsen
#16. The more that I looked at DNA, the more I realized it was nature and nurture. It's how genes and your environment work together to produce the person you are.
Sam Kean
#17. Too often, the landlord-tenant relationship is unbalanced with all the power on the side of unscrupulous landlords.
Nydia Velazquez
#18. Trying to convey beauty in war was a technique to try to prevent the reader from looking away or turning the page in response to something horrible. I wanted them to linger, to ask questions.
Lynsey Addario
#20. Asian Pacific American Heritage Month provides us all an opportunity to reflect upon this community's many contributions and to celebrate its bright future.
Nydia Velazquez
#21. Because of Obama ... DREAMers who are American in every way except on paper no longer live under the shadow of deportation.
Nydia Velazquez
#22. pastors throughout the countryside around Rome had reminded their parishioners that Jesus was a Jew in order to coax them into opening their doors. Catholic guilt was a powerful tool,
Amy Harmon
#23. It seemed like an impossible task to do full justice to all Luther classics. And yet these landmark artists have done just that. Memorable performances of wonderful songs that ensure Luther's legacy will live on forever.
Clive Davis
#24. For families to access affordable housing, they often need legal representation that takes their side against abusive landlords.
Nydia Velazquez
#25. Natalie's estate is handled by Global Icons, and they police the world so her picture isn't on a T-shirt or coffee cup unless we approve of it.
Robert Wagner
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