Mark Leibovich Quotes

I think that part of being a good journalist, part of being an awake member of the world you're in, is to view yourself as an outsider, and I always have, to some degree.

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• My first Comic-Con was when I first met Joss Whedon: He introduced me to that world and I'd never been to a convention before that. He and a bunch of the 'Buffy' and 'Angel' writers were all going down in a big van and he invited me along.

  

  Nathan Fillion
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• In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
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• I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.

  

  Pat Paulsen
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• If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.

  

  Jack Canfield
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• I'm an exercise and yoga junkie and I feel good.

  

  Lainie Kazan
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• There's nothing like a music festival. People are ready to have a good time. I don't think anyone comes to a festival going, 'I'm gonna be a complete bummer today.'

  

  Gary Clark Jr.
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• Cleanliness is a good thing, which the society should embrace. But it has nothing to do with Modi, nor can he implement it.

  

  Kapil Sibal
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• Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
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• My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.

  

  Queen Latifah
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• Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

  

  Joanne Rowling
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• I studied mass media and brand management and was looking to do an MBA. When an acting offer came by, I thought I'll do one film so that it would look good on my CV. Films happened one after another, in different industries. I'm so glad things turned out the way they did.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
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• One person's going to win, and everybody else is going to not win. So let's not feel like we're losers. Let's utilize the cultural opportunities, get to know the other players on the other team, look around you, enjoy your world series.

  

  Cal Ripken, Jr.
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• I always wanted the films to play in malls, and I wanted as many people as possible to see them. I never want them to be marginalized in the kind of rarefied, elitist world. I always have hopes that the films will permeate culture in a big way. A lot of times, I'm wrong, but it's always the hope.

  

  Harmony Korine
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• You have good days and bad days.

  

  Usain Bolt
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• Good liars are skilled at reading others well, putting them at ease, managing their own emotions, and intuitively sensing how others perceive them.

  

  Pamela Meyer
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• It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
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• My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.

  

  Rachel Bilson
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• He who stops being better stops being good.

  

  Oliver Cromwell
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• One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance.

  

  John Barrow
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• The ability to hold two competing thoughts in one's mind and still be able to function is the mark of a superior mind

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
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• Why my interest in writers? Well, I'm one, and many of my friends are writers. I know what it's like to write. I'm interested in the creative process. I'm fascinated by the disparity between who we are on the outside, and what we have bubbling away inside us.

  

  Eric Brown
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• My main source for faith-based stuff is mostly the Bible, and a childhood with a much, much higher-than-median exposure to theological thought.

  

  Jim Butcher
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• I think that part of being a good journalist, part of being an awake member of the world you're in, is to view yourself as an outsider, and I always have, to some degree.

  

  Mark Leibovich
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