Mark Steyn Quotes
A big chunk of Western civilization, consciously or otherwise, has given the impression that it's dying to surrender to somebody, anybody. Reasonably enough, Islam figures: Hey, why not us?
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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It's nice to get any awards, whether it's lifetime achievement or the Keith Richards award for being alive one more year.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.
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Well, where there is freedom doubt itself must be free.
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I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.
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I love charity thrift stores. Amazing one-of-a-kind pieces at terrific prices, and all the money you spend goes to a good cause.
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I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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I'm normal. I just had a different occupation for a while, and when you're in a different occupation, you have to carry yourself a different way. Most of my art is me bringing you stories from that era of my life. My life now is kind of boring.
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Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
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If I went in to pitch this show to a network, I would be laughed out of the room.
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People work hard.
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I've been wrestling since I was 18 years old. And within the first five months of my wrestling career, I'd already had three concussions. And for years after that, I would get a concussion here and there, and it gets to the point that when you've been wrestling for 16 years, that adds up to a lot of concussions.
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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I feel like I have another level every year that I start a new season of basketball. If I continue to keep growing, and make everything consistent, I'm going to get better and better each year.
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I loved 'Belzhar' by Meg Wolitzer.
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The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop singer... if you've made your way in another genre of music and now you want to make a country record, why? That's my question. Why?
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But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home that's no excuse ... Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.
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If you say why not bomb them tomorrow, I say why not today? If you say today at five o' clock, I say why not one o' clock?
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A big chunk of Western civilization, consciously or otherwise, has given the impression that it's dying to surrender to somebody, anybody. Reasonably enough, Islam figures: Hey, why not us?
