Eric Alterman Quotes
Philosophers and theologians have argued for centuries over the morality of targeted assassinations - a technique that the Israelis use with some frequency - without ever reaching anything approaching consensus.
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
Nancy Gibbs
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
Patrick Leahy
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Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
A. N. Wilson
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
Kamala Harris
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Americans have grown impatient with the relentless politicizing of every area of life.
Nancy Pearcey
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
Barbara Bush
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It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.
Edouard Manet
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This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs.
L. Neil Smith
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Sometimes I think I might not have written 'The Age of Miracles' if I hadn't grown up in California, if I hadn't been exposed to its very particular blend of beauty and disaster, of danger and denial.
Karen Thompson Walker
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That's my hunger. If I start to relax, and I lose that, then I had better stop my football. I need that hunger. I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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I am a huge Bollywood fan, and my favourite actor of all time is Shah Rukh Khan.
Saina Nehwal
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Avoid popularity if you would have peace.
Abraham Lincoln
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You can't tell your kids to read if you're just watching television. They have to see you read. And in that respect, I think it's important to walk the walk. It's a wonderful shared time.
Gary Ross
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It's OK to have a plan, to invest in your future - for your financial security, your love life, your personal fulfillment, and even your happiness. To have personal happiness as a stated goal doesn't detract from it if you get there.
Karen Finerman
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I'm from the South, so I tend to tell stories. That's how we express ourselves.
Faith Prince
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Talking about food is like talking about your dreams. Everyone has something to say. We all have to eat, it's just what we eat which differs. Some people eat for fuel and I feel bad for them.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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Frankly, too many women treat their husbands as accessories instead of priorities.
Laura Schlessinger
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Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer.
Rachel Ward
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There's no conscious plan here; my whole life in politics as a state legislator and in Congress has been about strengthening the middle class.
Peter Welch
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won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one hand holding tight my other hand; come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed.
Lucille Clifton
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Under every friendship there is a difficult sentence that must be said, in order that the friendship can be survived.
Zadie Smith
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We've also had our anti-terrorism task force for several years. It has worked with the FBI and the ATF as well as our law enforcement.
Bob Wise
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I did not imitate the skeptics who doubt only for doubting's sake, and pretend to be always undecided; on the contrary, my whole intention was to arrive at a certainty, and to dig away the drift and the sand until I reached the rock or the clay beneath.
Rene Descartes
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Philosophers and theologians have argued for centuries over the morality of targeted assassinations - a technique that the Israelis use with some frequency - without ever reaching anything approaching consensus.
Eric Alterman