Mark Steyn Quotes
Public interest criteria does not mean criteria that the public decides are in its interest. It means that the elite - via various appointed bodies - decide what the public's interest is for them.
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I don't like television when it gets near to photographed plays.
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I record it here today to establish my early predisposition to editorial work - to be both pontifical and wrong.
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I generally make a sort of playlist for my iPod for whatever project I'm doing.
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I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.
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I kind of have my little OCD wood shed at my house where everything is just right when I go write.
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There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.
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Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.
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Heard in full sound, the Gospels tell about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as king.
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Writing this record let me recapture who I am. It is summed up in the title Be Not Nobody. You need to feel comfortable in your skin and do whatever you need to do for yourself, to heal or to grow.
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I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
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I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.
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The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states.
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I will not say anything about my father. Period. I don't have a dad.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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I used to be more of a wild kid. But I've slowed down.
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I moved out at 18. I always studied classes and trained a lot, you know. I think nowadays is such a different time because there's so many channels promoting the celebrity aspect of things.
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When I'm not shooting, I go to school every day. When I am shooting, I have tutors on set helping me.
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I like Kelly Rowland, I think that she's great. It's hard to come out of the group of Destiny's Child and still kick some butt.
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The markets are moved by animal spirits, and not by reason.
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There was a time when television was sort of frowned upon among people who wanted to be serious artists. John Travolta kind of exploded that. He was one of the actors who made that go away.
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The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.
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Now, on nights that I can't sleep, I play video games alone until the morning.
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I'm sure people are badmouthing me. I think one of the interesting parts about the criticism has been the tenor of "how dare he." How dare an insider speak critically about other insiders?
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Public interest criteria does not mean criteria that the public decides are in its interest. It means that the elite - via various appointed bodies - decide what the public's interest is for them.
