David Frum Quotes
The big winners under the American fiscal system are the rich, who pay some of the lowest taxes anywhere in the world; the old, who are the main beneficiaries of the American social service state; farmers, rural people. These are Republican constituencies.
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It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
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I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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I hate thinking about clothes. I hate shopping.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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I remember when I was in third grade, I was in a classroom, and the teacher said, 'What do you want to do when you get older?' We were going around the room. I said, 'I want to be a professional basketball player.' She's like, 'That's not realistic.' I thought to myself, 'OK, watch.'
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.
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Legal immigration is the primary source of low-wage immigration into the United States.
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Anytime something starts to feel like a popularity contest or not about the music, I'd rather just not be involved. I'm not a big high-fiver. That really gets to people around me when we have a No. 1 or something big happen. I'm not a big, 'Let's go have a party about it!'
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If youre in an awkward position, feel comfortable enough to walk away.
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I'm not doubtful that I am doing what I should be doing - writing for theater - and that I'm doing it in a way no one else does it. Whether anyone else is paying attention or anyone else cares, I'm still ambivalent about that. It's still an open question.
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I was beginning to think I had let 'my alligator mouth overload my jaybird ass.
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The big winners under the American fiscal system are the rich, who pay some of the lowest taxes anywhere in the world; the old, who are the main beneficiaries of the American social service state; farmers, rural people. These are Republican constituencies.
