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.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
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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.'
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Americans have grown impatient with the relentless politicizing of every area of life.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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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.
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This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs.
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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.
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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.
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I am a huge Bollywood fan, and my favourite actor of all time is Shah Rukh Khan.
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Avoid popularity if you would have peace.
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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.
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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.
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I'm from the South, so I tend to tell stories. That's how we express ourselves.
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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.
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Frankly, too many women treat their husbands as accessories instead of priorities.
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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.
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If the Philippines secure their independence after heroic and stubborn conflicts, they can rest assured that neither England, nor Germany, nor France, and still less Holland, will dare to take up what Spain has been unable to hold.
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I love writing. I never feel really comfortable unless I am either actually writing or have a story going. I could not stop writing.
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I wake up laughing every day. I get a kick out of life.
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He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.
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You have countries that have lived beyond their means, with bloated governments, huge trade deficits, and people living off the government. Then you have others where poor people are working hard and underconsuming and their governments are buying all this debt and propping up the extravagant countries. All of this has to change. There's a tremendous moral hazard involved with this system.
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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.
