Eric Alterman Quotes
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We were talking about how old quarterbacks can't throw before 10 am... Practice starts too early for us. Wake me up in the middle of the night and I can throw. I can throw anytime.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.
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America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
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We live in a world where people think that finding a passion is so rare that if you find one you're the luckiest person on the planet, and the possibility of finding two is just bizarre. It isn't. We have multiple passions.
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I've never seen anywhere in the world as beautiful as Kashmir. It has something to do with the fact that the valley is very small and the mountains are very big, so you have this miniature countryside surrounded by the Himalayas, and it's just spectacular. And it's true, the people are very beautiful too.
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You are who you are and what you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change who you are and what you are by changing what goes into your mind.
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I'm naturally a nice person. I'm not trying to have any problems with people. I'm done with the drama and trouble. I want a stress-free life.
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I've never been with a losing team in my life, and I don't think I'll start now.
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
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When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.
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Once you accept that we're all imperfect, it's the most liberating thing in the world. Then you can go around making mistakes and saying the wrong thing and tripping over on the street and all that and not feel worried.
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Being a Christian means accepting Christ as your savior, your God. That's why you are called a 'Christian.' If you remove Christ, there's only 'ian' and that means 'I am nothing.'
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The prospects of green economic opportunity is going to be determined to a great extent by politicians arriving at some sort of bi-partisan resolution.
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Ce qu'il y a d'enivrant dans le mauvais goût, c'est le plaisir aristocratique de déplaire.
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Peace along with freedom and justice are the pillars for attaining both security and stability and will pave the way towards the eradication of oppression, extremism, and terrorism in our world.
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I'm not a single mom with two jobs, trying to get by, every day. I have much more support than most women, around this world, and I have the financial means to have a home and help with care and food.
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We live in a media world simultaneously obsessed with technology and personality.
