Mark Leibovich Quotes
If you look at issues like immigration, gay marriage, gun regulation - these are all things that probably wouldn't be a source of much discussion at all in D.C., if they weren't sources of self-perpetuation.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.
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As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.
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No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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2009 was crazy enough! I can't believe I worked with Jeremy Irons, Joan Allen, Marsha Mason, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, Jack O'Brien and Trevor Nunn in the same 12 months.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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My instinct about a human being is paramount. For me, when a director has walked into my room or an assistant that I have hired, who has later gone on to become a director, is purely based on human instinct, be it Ayan Mukerji, Karan Malhotra, Punit Malhotra or Tarun Mansukhani. I am very susceptible to human energy and energy of spaces.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.
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Even without an economic downturn, women sometimes want to keep their shopping habits to themselves.
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The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease.
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The French are sawed-off sissies who eat snails and slugs and cheese that smells like people's feet. Utter cowards who force their own children to drink wine, they gibber like baboons even when you try to speak to them in their own wimpy language.
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One thing the gay rights movement taught the world is the importance of being visible.
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When people start reconfiguring marriage, there's no going back.
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I think if you've held onto a character for several years and then you're getting rid of that character, it's going to be traumatic.
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If you look at issues like immigration, gay marriage, gun regulation - these are all things that probably wouldn't be a source of much discussion at all in D.C., if they weren't sources of self-perpetuation.
