Christine Todd Whitman Quotes
There are two sides, at least, to most political questions, and a politician's impulse may be to believe that the same holds true for science. Certainly, there are disputes in science. But on the question of climate change, the divide is stark.

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Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.
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When I produce a movie - and I've produced a number of movies, unlike Arnold - yes, I'm frustrated when the union says you can't do this, you can't work past that hour, you've got to break for lunch. But ultimately, they're right. What they do is for everyone's benefit.
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When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker spaniel named Baba. We weren't friends, Baba and I, nor enemies. He wasn't my dog. He belonged to the people my mother worked for, and he lived in the house with them and us.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.
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I don't think I can play Mr. Bachchan.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
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All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
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It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.
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Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.
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My own conviction is, confirmed by a very close study of parochial registers, that some of the very best blood in England is to be found among the tradesmen of our county towns.
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We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
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I try to get the best performance an actor can give.
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Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
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I've always felt a little misrepresented in the world.
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In pageants, you are evaluated from head to toe and it's obviously all about looks, and as vain as that is, they can also bring you lots of opportunities to do amazing things.
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I write about what I'm going through.
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The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today.
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes.
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There are two sides, at least, to most political questions, and a politician's impulse may be to believe that the same holds true for science. Certainly, there are disputes in science. But on the question of climate change, the divide is stark.