Mark Steyn Quotes
The Romney candidacy is better than it was four years ago, but it's not clear that it's good. Mitt needs to get good real fast: A real speech, real plan, real responses, and real fire in the belly.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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More modern poetry is written than read.
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I needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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There are certain things women are better at than men.
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After defining an idea of what I want to achieve, through a series of storyboard images, I'll go to the ends of the earth to create it, whether that involves obscure camera lenses or the latest electronic techniques.
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It's easy: if you want to grow the economy, encourage job creation, and increase federal revenue, you support making bonus depreciation permanent. Permanency gives job creators the certainty they need to plan and invest in their businesses, including hiring employees.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.
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I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.
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The natural sweetness of leeks, with their soft, oniony aroma, makes them the perfect winter comfort food.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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I don't care what America and Africa think; I am only concerned that the people of this country should be saved from its Army.
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The 'Saw' sequels went in a direction I wouldn't have gone in. With 'Insidious 2,' I wanted to push a potential franchise in the direction I thought it should go in.
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The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.
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For a long time Christianity has sewn its teachings into the fabric of Western culture. That was a good thing …. But the season of sewing is ending. Now is a time for rending, not for the sake of disengaging from culture or retreating from the public square, but so that our salt does not lose its savor.
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The Romney candidacy is better than it was four years ago, but it's not clear that it's good. Mitt needs to get good real fast: A real speech, real plan, real responses, and real fire in the belly.
