David Frum Quotes
Events don't happen because I write a speech. I am allowed to write a speech because events are going to happen.
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Standing up on the right to trial by jury is something that, really, a lot of people should agree with, you know, both on the Right and the Left.
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There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that.
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Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person.
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Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets.
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I like to perform live like we're all just hanging out in my living room. I'm totally casual and informal on stage.
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I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.
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I come from an acting family, my father was an actor, and I had to fight my way and just create my own identity.
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So many people have that story as to how they could have maybe won the Indy 500, which is for me the ultimate goal. I would imagine for a lot of people it's the ultimate goal. It's definitely high up on the list.
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I don't like not having a job. Especially when I started Mixed Martial Arts, this was all I could do.
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Success will be when I can have a real swimming pool instead of the fifty-dollar one I buy at Kmart every year. But I don't want to get robbed of any authenticity to try and make money.
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Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places?
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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And the sun sets on another year. Much to ponder upon, even more to look forward to...
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I will not be tamed, only persuaded. I will not be coerced or led blindly or tricked or bullied - I am willing only to be convinced. If you don't trust your own basic goodness enough to tell me what you're trying to do... Then you're confessing your own moral weakness and I'll never serve you.
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We think of the division of labor as being outdated, but in fact it has reemerged. In the early ‘80s, a mother was 43 times more likely than the father to leave the workplace for family responsibilities; more recently, a mom is 135 times more likely to leave the workplace for family responsibilities.
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The code also assumes that it's difficult to misspell 'a' or 'b'.
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Aetati tuae, mi Tiberi, noli in hac re indulgere et nimium indignari quemquam esse, qui de me male loquatur; satis est enim, si hoc habemus ne quis nobis male facere possit.
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Sentit enim vis quisque suas quoad possit abuti.cornua nata prius vitulo quam frontibus extent,illis iratus petit atque infestus inurget.
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Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.
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Being married, I would say most relationships are pretty codependent in some ways.
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A lot of the American press at the time was saying 'just watch what happens when Bertelsmann tries to buy EMI, that will be a moment of truth that will show the Commission's true colors.' Well, that deal never happened either.
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There was a child went forth everyday, And the first object he looked upon and received with wonder or pity or dread, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day... or for many years or stretching cycles of years.
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I don't see a full-fledged career in Hollywood. I am happy with the cameos. Even Tom Cruise will only do special appearances in our films; he wouldn't do a full hero movie. But it's good to act in different cinema.
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Events don't happen because I write a speech. I am allowed to write a speech because events are going to happen.
