Christopher Lasch Quotes
Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of doom.
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I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.
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First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
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In the jungle, faith also became something very real; it helped me to understand what was happening to me and changed my questions.
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Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page-turners.
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The sciences have ever been the surest guides to virtue.
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In my 20s I was going round seeing agents who were patronising because I was fat and a girl, which was a double whammy. I knew what it was to feel out-of-the-loop.
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We anticipate countries increasing their spending on infrastructure like railways, airports, power plants and ports. Our heavy forging plant has the capacity to cater to each of these segments.
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When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that's where the story begins.
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I was booed at the premiere of 'Miss Julie,' a remarkably stimulating experience.
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Ah... romance to me is spontaneity. It's not diamond earrings; it's a bunch of daffodils that's freshly picked from the field.
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Both me and Ishmeet were very naughty. We used to have my grandfather's swords in the house. We used to take all these swords and take all the showpieces Mom had and slice them one by one. He actually locked my nana in the kitchen once for two hours.
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Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
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Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator.
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You wish me to tell you why and how God should be loved. My answer is that God himself is the reason he is to be loved.
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Medicaid and the Child Health Insurance Program are the two most important safety net programs for children.
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I would love to write a screenplay for 'Badlands' one day. I don't think I could ever have the patience to do it; I don't even have the patience to write songs. I write some of the shortest songs ever because I don't have the patience.
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This is what I believe is most important: getting good books into the hands of kids - books that will make them want to say, 'Wow, that was great. Give me another one to read.'
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Why hit a conservative shot? When you miss it, you are in just as much trouble as when you miss a bold one.
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It turns out a VAT - a value-added tax - is a very easy tax to collect and a very hard tax to evade. It's a really good idea. It was invented about 60 years ago in France, of course. Because they're so good at taxing. They had a business tax that was easy to evade, and the head of the French IRS invented this value-added tax, which is very hard to evade.
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If someone busted into your house and robbed you, would you then forgive them if you found out they were a veteran? Of course not. So why are we forgiving McCain for selling out his country by supporting the Bush agenda?
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Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding.
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Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of doom.
