Dennis Ross Quotes
It has been an honor to work in the Obama Administration and to serve this President, particularly during a period of unprecedented change in the broader Middle East. Obviously, there is still work to do but I promised my wife I would return to government for only two years and we both agreed it is time to act on my promise.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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I am a Buddhist.
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I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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I ran for Congress in 2012 because I had had enough. Enough of career politicians, enough of political gamesmanship, and enough of the lack of leadership in Washington.
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In the future, I'd like to see paleontology as a whole get a lot more quantitative.
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I've always been extremely physically active.
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I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.
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Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.
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I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know?
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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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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Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect.
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Life is sort of a circle. You come back to a lot of the interests that you had early in life.
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The alarm on my wife's phone is 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered,' so that's a great way to wake up.
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I have a friend who loves housework. Honest, she loves all housework. All day long she moves from one chore to the next, smiling the whole time. I went over there one day and begged her to tell me her secret. It's simple, she said, right after breakfast you light up a joint.
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The politicians said Dr. Tom Coburn couldn't deliver babies when he got elected to the U.S. Senate.
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Whatever Lincoln's racial views, which are not totally modern and egalitarian in many ways, he believes blacks should have this natural right to improve their condition in life and slavery denies that to them.
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It has been an honor to work in the Obama Administration and to serve this President, particularly during a period of unprecedented change in the broader Middle East. Obviously, there is still work to do but I promised my wife I would return to government for only two years and we both agreed it is time to act on my promise.
