Jacob Weisberg Quotes
Where Reagan channeled disenchantment with overweening government, Obama symbolized America's transformation into a multiracial country.
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I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.
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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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Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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I've sort of heard that 'it' girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know?
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When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
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People try to change too much at once and it becomes overwhelming, and they end up falling off the program. So gradually changing bad habits makes much more of a difference than trying to change them all at once.
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My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.
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I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way.
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Why am I political? Because society's consistent and constant disregard and lack of respect for minorities, even the title minority, is too much to bear silently. Their insistence at our invisibility, whether subtle as noninclusion, or as loud and violent as hate crimes, is contagious, and can make me hide from myself.
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If you don't think every day is a great day try going without one.
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My little brother can play the guitar; he can sing. He was a worship leader at his church. Me, no talent.
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There's a staircase on the first floor of the Capitol that I walk every day. It's made of marble, and as you walk those steps, you think of those who've walked before you. You think of the challenges that the country's faced.
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Everyone knows that the Arab peoples want prosperity, freedom and democracy every bit as much as anyone in Europe or America.
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Where Reagan channeled disenchantment with overweening government, Obama symbolized America's transformation into a multiracial country.
