Chris Matthews Quotes
[John F. Kennedy] was Arthur, the guy in the middle of the room with all the swords pointed at him. ... He wanted control of the situation.
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One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.
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The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture.
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I think that a leader is someone that needs to make an impact on, off the cricket field and in their lives as well.
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
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If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?
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I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
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I don't have any dream role. I give my 100% to every character I play, and when the film clicks, it automatically becomes a dream role.
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Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.
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My husband is a musician. He cooks and he's a chef but he also, he makes basement recordings. So many people in my life make basement recordings, so I feel very lucky, I'm surrounded by very creative people.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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I don't want everything to be flowery perfection. I like it there to be a charge behind it, you know?
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I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living.
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Life is too short to be on a diet.
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I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.
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I've always found that once you're in the door of a place and you have the chance to show how you operate and how talented you are, then anything can happen.
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I give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands.
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Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
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If two wrongs don't make a right, then what do three wrongs make? What about four?
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People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity.
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Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.
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I'll never have a best friend who is a man. It just doesn't work that way. So many times young girls will be like, 'I'm a guy's girl.' And I'm like, 'No, you're not. There's no way a man can understand you like a woman, and you're a guy's girl because you're threatened by other women.' I was like that.
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How do we know when someone like Hasan is going to make his move and do we know he's an Islamist until he's made his move? He makes a phone call or whatever, according to Reuters right now. Apparently he tried to contact al-Qaida. Is that the point at which you say, "This guy is dangerous?" That's not a crime to call up al-Qaida, is it? Is it? I mean, where do you stop the guy?
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[John F. Kennedy] was Arthur, the guy in the middle of the room with all the swords pointed at him. ... He wanted control of the situation.
