David Ignatius Quotes
Making economic policy isn't a popularity contest, especially when financial markets are in a panic.
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I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form.
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God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.
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The difference between Amazon and us is Amazon is more like an empire - everything they control themselves, buy and sell.
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Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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The Fed has become an accomplice in the support of totalitarian regimes throughout the world.
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I fell in love with acting, just going to a lot of plays. My parents went to a lot of plays, and I went to a lot of schools that would get plays for kids.
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This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment.
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President Obama was never going repeal Obamacare - he was not going to be brought to his knees with the threat of a government shutdown.
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
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Marvel has such a huge slice of the pie.
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I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.
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I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me. I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.
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I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.
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You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.
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I stickhandle a lot at practice. I watch a lot of hockey, so I try to either pick up something from other players or watch some video and see what kind of move would work in the same situation.
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You know, people really don't understand what actors do.
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I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.
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Storytelling isn't an Escher staircase.
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When Marcus Garvey died in 1940, the role of the British Empire was already being challenged by India and the rising expectations of her African colonies. Marcus Garvey's avocation of African redemption and the restoration of the African state's sovereign political entity in world affairs was still a dream without fulfillment.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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Who is Antonio Weiss? He's the head of global investment banking for the financial giant Lazard.
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Acting on the stage is a luxury for me. I lose money. I make movies for financial reasons and this allows me the luxury of acting on Broadway. Hollywood, unfortunately, exploits actors for their own reasons, which are usually financial. So we might as well exploit Hollywood as much as it exploits us.
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Making economic policy isn't a popularity contest, especially when financial markets are in a panic.
