Elliott Abrams Quotes
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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The great thing about baseball is there's a crisis every day.
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Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.
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And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice.
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Delaying and withholding tactics, red herrings, partial and doubtful outcomes are stock in trade for fiction writers, especially crime writers.
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After Hurricane Katrina, over New Orleans, my helicopter crashed and the pilot and I were only saved because we fell on the roof of a flooded house that absorbed the shock. When the helicopter was spiraling downward out of control, I didn't expect to survive at all.
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I'm learning slowly to not be as much of a control freak. I can't afford to be all the time, but I'm getting better at communicating. Delegating parts of my vision for other people to execute has made it an easier process for knowing what I want, and what people can handle, and what I should probably save for myself.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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Sometimes I still go round the house making weird noises and stuff, so in that aspect, I haven't grown up!
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You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to enjoy fine food, which is a shame.
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Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it was a journalist, the legal system or, in that case of the political system, who would say that was an example of when Washington worked best.
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The kids that are different and out there and expressive and are bold with those choices, those are the people that grow up to be people we all want to hang out with, that become celebrities or become really successful in what they do because they believe in who they are.
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I'm really shy - I don't do karaoke.
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Is it not possible that an unruly head of hair, an infectious smile, eyes that seem remarkable for the depths of their sincerity, a cultivated air of authority, may attract huge television audiences regardless of the violence that may be done to truth or objectivity?
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'We have a war to fight. You don’t understand. We fight in God’s name.''I understand just fine,' Nyx said.
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'Now I’m going to make you angry again.''Really?' I asked, drily. 'Aren’t you getting tired of that?'
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O admirable impartiality of Thine, Thou first Mover; Thou hast not permitted that any force should fail of the order or quality of its necessary results.
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As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more.
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The recreational golfer who gives it careful thought will conclude that the favorite golf hole in his life played downhill, gradually or severely, and normally was downwind as well.
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If you go back to your home town or you're reunited with school friends, its always slightly bittersweet because as much as there's nice things in terms of seeing them again, the town has changed without you, and you're no longer a part of it.
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I think of Steely Dan as being of its time, and it may be inseparable from its time.
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Question your answers, Truth has no anger
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At the United Nations, a lynch mob for Israel is always just a moment away.
