Elliott Abrams Quotes
It was simply impossible to support Carter for reelection in 1980 and easy for me to support Reagan. The Reagan campaign was happy to have Democratic support, and the Reagan administration was happy to have Democrats in it; they took the view that, after all, Reagan himself had been a Democrat, so it was not a strike against you.
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All of a sudden I'm an actor, and I spend a decade trying to fit in and realising that I didn't, really. Sometimes in the right circumstances, with the right people, it felt OK. But other times it was a bit more jobbing. I didn't fit the mould, somehow.
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We need to have Turkey respect democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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I've been around - having gone to Princeton, and I went to Oxford after that - some pretty fancy characters in my life. And they're just as nutty as the rest of us - sometimes worse.
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One day there were two out in the ninth, and I hit a pop fly so high that the fans got tired of waiting for it to come down. So they all went home and listened to it drop by turning on the radio.
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things.
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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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I want to do that. That's my goal. I want to become a legend.
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What matters most is the win.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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The U.S. Olympic spirit award is an award that is given to an athlete who embodies the Olympic spirit in more ways than just on the playing field, in showing incredible perseverance, in overcoming obstacles, and what we wanted to do is have everybody can vote on-line.
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I give the president credit for at least one thing. He's proven that someone can deserve a Nobel prize less than Al Gore.
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John Kerry can be absolutely ruthless. I would not want to be on his enemies list when he's ready to go after you.
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If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you are not just escaping the clutches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You are passing a greater burden on to people poorer than yourself, and depriving even poorer people of your support.
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It was simply impossible to support Carter for reelection in 1980 and easy for me to support Reagan. The Reagan campaign was happy to have Democratic support, and the Reagan administration was happy to have Democrats in it; they took the view that, after all, Reagan himself had been a Democrat, so it was not a strike against you.
