Mark Leibovich Quotes
I violated, apparently, an unspoken rule that we are supposed to take care of our own. Frankly, if that invites discomfort, I welcome it. I don't think there's enough discomfort in journalism, especially in Washington.
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I find that with period pieces, you're sort of able to really take advantage of what's around you because prop-wise, wardrobe-wise and location-wise, it's all so specific due to that time.
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I think we all have our own personality, unique and distinctive, and at the same time, I think that our own unique and distinctive personality blends with the wind, with the footsteps in the street, with the noises around the corner, and with the silence of memory, which is the great producer of ghosts.
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It is more important to know how to mix and match the clothes than to spend money.
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In Cuba, I would start the first two months hitting around .260 with three or four home runs. After the first half of the season, I would get hot, and that's when I would have my best results.
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A purpose of our lives is to broaden what we can understand and say and therefore be.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.
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I know I am a writer; it is the only thing I am sure of.
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We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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Fascism is very much a mob movement.
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I said back in 2010 when I was rubbish at the European championships, 'If I never win an omnium until 2012, I don't care.' I then won Olympic gold.
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I think every country has to recognize its competitive advantage and liberate its strengths to be a partner in global trade, and that's the only way you can survive and succeed.
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The worship of youth has diminished - perhaps generally - in recent years.
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But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.
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Cars have a large engine in the front and you have a gearbox, which is cumbersome. Electric cars don't have this problem. The motor is much smaller, the battery is below you. This will allow you to play with different shapes.
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I have been a multitude of shapes, Before I assumed a consistent form.
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I haven't seen kids in years who have holes in the knees of their jeans. Now you go buy jeans with holes in them.
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We're talking to each other. All we want to do is win.
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There are life-threatening issues related to diabetes.
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Visualize and think about yourself as you would ideally like to be, not just as you are.
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I violated, apparently, an unspoken rule that we are supposed to take care of our own. Frankly, if that invites discomfort, I welcome it. I don't think there's enough discomfort in journalism, especially in Washington.
