James Howard Kunstler Quotes

I switched on the television on the outside chance that something might come through. Nothing had been on for years. The local network affiliates withered away after the national network of cable channels went out, until there was nothing.

James Howard Kunstler

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• In American films, Russians are often portrayed like cartoon villains without clear motivations.

  

  Yuliya Snigir
  • American
  • Often
  • Cartoon

• I started modelling when I was 13, so I learned a lot of things. I actually love doing make-up on other people, too.

  

  Barbara Palvin
  • People
  • Things
  • Learned

• Adam Sandler is a remarkable movie brand.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Movie
  • Brand
  • Remarkable

• I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Want
  • Sacrifice
  • Everything

• Even though he's a third-generation San Franciscan, my father's very European in some ways, and he loves wine.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Father
  • Wine
  • Very

• Happiness statistics may be most valuable in smaller, local discussions. Understanding how different sorts of programs affect the well-being of citizens would be enormously helpful to a mayor choosing between building a new bridge or offering a tax cut.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • Different
  • May
  • Understanding

• Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • Friends
  • Democracy
  • United

• I want to play in as many theatres as possible, work with as many brilliant people as possible, but definitely do a new play.

  

  Jack Lowden
  • People
  • Work
  • Want

• The beauty of Judaism is that it demands we ask questions, especially of ourselves.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
  • Beauty
  • Questions
  • Judaism

• The 8 P.M. hour in the cable news world is currently driven by the indomitable Bill O'Reilly, Nancy Grace, and Keith Olbermann. Shedding my own journalistic skin to try to inhabit the kind of persona that might coexist in that lineup is just impossible for me.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • World
  • Impossible
  • Grace

• It is clear from the reaction to our campaign so far that our message is resonating. I look forward to continuing to take this message to all Americans, and showing them that I can be as successful running the country as I was running the state of New Mexico.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Country
  • Running
  • Successful

• It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • Power
  • Man
  • Free

• For us, it is very important all the time that our core business is really good but that we don't stop moving.

  

  Hans Vestberg
  • Time
  • Good
  • Important

• It's funny, we all really, really got along. I don't know how it was in years past but this year, I was really with a good group of people. No one tried to sabotage each other or steal the other ones moments.

  

  LaToya London
  • People
  • Good
  • Past

• My natural hair is jet black. I used to have it down to my bum. And I went through a phase of being obsessed with fake tan. So from the age of 14 to 16, I looked like an Apache Indian!

  

  Abbey Clancy
  • Age
  • Black
  • Hair

• I've only been to these foreign countries: Canada, L.A. and Miami.

  

  Larry the Cable Guy
  • Only
  • Canada
  • Miami

• I do not subscribe to the 'Trump is crazy like a fox' thing. I think that's being too generous.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Think
  • Crazy
  • Trump

• Actors only have our bodies, voices, and the text. So I think actors need to have a fit and in-tune body. I was always very disciplined in wanting to have that. That's one of my favorite things - playing a role with a physical requirement.

  

  T. J. Thyne
  • Think
  • Body
  • Need

• The East would always present that calm face of faint astonishment, unmoved at the anger, not understanding the bitterness.

  

  Anthony Burgess
  • Understanding
  • Present
  • Calm

• You can't really trust anybody who doesn't talk a lot, because how would you know what they're thinking?

  

  Errol Morris
  • Thinking
  • Trust

• When I was very young, my father had an accident. He fell down a flight of stairs, fractured his skull, and lost sight in one eye.

  

  Janet Yellen
  • Father
  • Lost

• When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Up
  • Running
  • Military

• When I was growing up in New York, we were the anomaly. Our family stayed, but back then families didn't stay. Once you had a second kid, you immediately left, so the kids could run around outside.

  

  Mike D The Beastie Boys
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Grow Up

• I switched on the television on the outside chance that something might come through. Nothing had been on for years. The local network affiliates withered away after the national network of cable channels went out, until there was nothing.

  

  James Howard Kunstler