Tom Cole Professions : U.S. Representative Born : April 28, 1949 Browse All Authors Top 36 quotes by Tom Cole Well, I guess the sexual abuse by Mel Phillips in a sense, he had a fetish for feet. He used to play with my feet and other kids' feet, and that was his thing. Tom Cole feet play kids I really do believe most people understand raising tax rates is bad for the economy, it costs jobs. It actually in the long term undermines revenue. Tom Cole jobs long believe In the end, all Republicans want to make sure we don't increase taxes. That's where we differ with the Democrats. Tom Cole increase republican want I think we've had two presidents in a row that tried to unite the American people and both of them failed, quite frankly. And I think Donald Trump has decided he's going to get things done. That's going to be his measuring rod. Tom Cole two people thinking Follow up the interview with a phone call. If Carrot Top can figure out how to use a phone, so can you. Tom Cole interviews phones use The National Football league is on the wrong side of history. Tom Cole league sides football I would like to say that what Mel Phillips was doing was not sexual harassment but more sexual abuse of children, because he was doing it in a sexual manner now that I look back on it. Tom Cole abuse children looks "Embrace Of The Serpent" has been a big deal for Colombians outside the Amazon. It's been showing continuously there for more than three months. And the Oscar nomination, the film's producer says Colombians are comparing it to having the national team in the World Cup. Tom Cole amazon three team I admire Grover Norquist. I think hes done a lot of good. Tom Cole admire done thinking I'm against tax increases on anyone, period, end of debate. Tom Cole debate increase ends If you think we are going to gain ground by holding the American people hostage, saying that their taxes are at risk, I actually disagree. Tom Cole risk people thinking The loss of the culture is one of the main reasons Ciro Guerra wanted to tell their story. Tom Cole stories loss culture The Ocaina and many of the other indigenous peoples of the Amazon were nearly wiped out during the rubber boom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Outsiders came into the jungle, enslaved the tribes to harvest the rubber and killed those that resisted. Tom Cole amazon rubber outsiders Both the old and young Karamakates are portrayed by indigenous men, neither of them professional actors. The old shaman is played by Antonio Bolivar Salvador. Tom Cole antonio actors men Karamakate says, "to become a warrior, every Cohiuano man must leave everything behind and go into the jungle, guided only by his dreams. In that journey, he has to discover, in solitude and silence, who he really is." Tom Cole warrior journey dream And what they believe in real life is complicated. Theodor Koch-Grunberg wrote in his diary that indigenous peoples in the Amazon see these outsiders following in each other's footsteps as the same person, a single soul traversing across several lives. They also see time as something that doesn't proceed inexorably into the future. Tom Cole real soul believe The two explorers are given fictional names. But as in real life, they travel to the Amazon roughly a generation apart, in the early-to-mid 20th century. In the film, they're both guided by Karamakate, as a young man early in the story and later as an old shaman. He and the outsiders share a desire for knowledge - self knowledge and an understanding of the world around them, says the film's co-screenwriter, Jacques Toulemonde. Tom Cole real self men So "Embrace Of The Serpent" is told from the points of view and in the languages of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. He [Guerra] went there before shooting began, with a script written mostly in Spanish. Tom Cole amazon shooting views In fact, Guerra based his story on the diaries of two explorers, German Theodor Koch-Grunberg and American Richard Evans Schultes. There work is some of the only documentation of cultures that have since vanished. But Guerra did not want white men to be his protagonists. Tom Cole white-man men two Any movement, any discussion is helpful, we've got to get past this wall-or-no-wall debate. Tom Cole politics Similar Authors Bill Keating us-representative Buck McKeon us-representative Bruce Braley us-representative Brad Wenstrup us-representative Allyson Schwartz us-representative Anna Eshoo us-representative All Authors
