Donna Brazile Quotes
I thought acknowledging praise meant you were arrogant, but I've learned that knowing your strengths enables you to make use of them.
Quotes to Explore
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We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.
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Tom Brokaw was never young.
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There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
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I don't write about my life in my column.
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Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He's not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.
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I have a paranoia that 'Ablutions' is the best thing I'll ever do.
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Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.
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I'm kind of fascinated by Paula Deen. I've been to her restaurant, The Lady and Sons, in Savannah. My friend was studying in the area, and we ate at her restaurant, and it was right at the cusp where Paula Deen became Paula Deen.
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Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.
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I don't know what sex appeal is. I don't think you can have sex appeal knowingly. The people who seduce me personally are the people who seem not to know they're seductive, and not to know they have sex appeal.
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We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're halfway there; if someone else likes it, that's even better. If they don't like it, at least you like it. Not to be selfish, but you kind of have to be.
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What I would say about Barney Eastwood is that when our relationship worked, it worked extremely well. He had a lot of strengths as a promoter and a manager.
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I bring a copy of 'Dracula' with me wherever I go, the book. It's my favorite book in the world, it's absolutely incredible. My great-great grandfather was the guy who printed the first edition, so he's the first person to ever put 'Dracula' on the written page.
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On the set I never know what day of the week it is.
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I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.
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I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
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Unfortunately, with dinosaurs, we haven't had enough specimens to determine how much variation there is within a species.
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I don't think I do look like an A-Lister. I'm more interested in being comfortable in my own skin than trying to be somebody I'm not. Gimme jeans, an old T-shirt, cowboy boots and a baseball cap any day.
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I hope it won't take long.
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I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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And what do you think will happen to you when you find life is just too good to be left alone? You'll start living it.
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We absolutely do need to make sure that our borders are secure. But what we need to realize and remember is that ICE was established in 2003 right at the same time as the Patriot Act, the AUMF, the Iraq War - and we look back at a lot of that time and legislation as a mistake now. And I think that ICE is right there as a part of it.
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Don't write for money. Write because you love to do something. If you write for money, you won't write anything worth reading.
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I thought acknowledging praise meant you were arrogant, but I've learned that knowing your strengths enables you to make use of them.
