Walter Kirn Quotes
The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.Walter Kirn
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Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.
Barbara Januszkiewicz -
As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.
Veerappa Moily -
I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
Caitlin Rose -
I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
Washed Out -
I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
Zsa Zsa Gabor -
The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.
Samuel Butler -
Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.
Karl Lagerfeld -
I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.
Ed Koch -
It's brutal out on the football field.
LaDainian Tomlinson -
My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do.
Nastassja Kinski -
I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
Mal Peet
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It used to be that when an actress reached thirty, she was considered almost washed up.
Lana Turner -
I love the Middle East. My earliest childhood memories are of Jerusalem. I love the colors and smells and cadence of Arabic spoken in the streets of Cairo or Beirut. I also love the modernity and verve of Tel Aviv.
Kai Bird -
Most of the people who live in Washington come from other places and you can learn something from them.
Sally Quinn -
I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.
Victoria Moran -
The transaction cost approach maintains that some projects are easy to finance by debt and ought to be financed by debt. These are projects for which physical-asset specificity is low to moderate.
Oliver E. Williamson -
When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except the ego. They can no longer feel or sense their humanity - what they share with other human beings, or even with other life forms on the planet. They are so identified with concepts in their minds that other human beings become concepts as well.
Eckhart Tolle
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I think that there are more opportunities for young women in America than there are in Tanzania. But I also think there are many of the same problems.
Chelsea Clinton -
Just because you used one set on one guy and had success doesn't mean you can use that exact set, that exact timing, the next time.
D'Brickashaw Ferguson -
Coinbase is 'the' brand in the Bitcoin space. Their founder Brian Armstrong was amongst the first good entrepreneurs to emerge in this space. While others championed ideological or underground/illicit interests, Brian saw an opportunity to change the world for the better and build a big business out of it.
Adam Draper -
The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
Walter Kirn