Franklin Foer Quotes

It's very un-American to say nice things about elites. Elites are often terrible. It's not like we've ever had a perfect set of benevolent democratic elites ruling over our country. But the fact of the matter is that a representative system of democracy delegates power to elites.

Franklin Foer

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• Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • People
  • Me
  • Collection

• It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.

  

  Dacre Montgomery
  • People
  • Work
  • Important

• I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code - even though it was a great yawn - also showed people's interest in religion.

  

  Barbara Walters
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• Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.

  

  Gail Simmons
  • Balance
  • Sweet
  • Cooking

• Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

  

  E. M. Forster
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  • Land

• It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Evil
  • Explain
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• If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • People
  • Good
  • Music

• We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.

  

  Larry Dixon
  • Car
  • Same
  • Test

• It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Dark
  • Very
  • Southern

• I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So, performing was always part of what I was. I don't know if it I enjoyed the response I got from people or if I liked having an audience, but there's something in me that wanted to perform.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • People
  • Audience
  • Kid

• God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.

  

  Imelda Marcos
  • God
  • Heaven
  • Loved

• I've been so lucky and blessed because words and stuff come so easy to me. I have a good memory.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Good
  • Words
  • Blessed

• I do think grand gestures are a hit and miss, especially for girls.

  

  Carly Rae Jepsen
  • Think
  • Hit
  • Gestures

• I'm not a car person. Three years after 'The Da Vinci Code' came out, I still had my old, rusted Volvo. And people are like, 'Why don't you have a Maserati?' It never occurred to me. It wasn't a priority for me. I just didn't care.

  

  Dan Brown
  • People
  • Why
  • Me

• Really, truly, try to figure out what your palate is all about. If you've determined that you don't like dirty old stinky wine - old-world flavors - you probably like new-world fruit bombs. Stick to Shirazes and California Cabernets or Zinfandels.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • World
  • Wine
  • California

• Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Lost
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  • Tax

• Charles McCarry is the best modern writer on the subject of intrigue - by the breadth of Alan Furst, by the fathom of Eric Ambler, by any measure.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Best
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  • Measure

• I try and keep up with the top 10 on iTunes.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Up
  • Try
  • Top

• The sands are number'd that make up my life; Here must I stay, and here my life must end.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Life
  • End
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• Honour to Agamemnon is a thing. That he can pick, pick up, put back, pick up again, A somesuch you might find beneath your bed.

  

  Christopher Logue
  • Honour
  • Agamemnon
  • Somesuch

• You know, on the road, I never miss a meal. I eat five, six, seven times a day, depending on when I wake up and when I got to sleep. I never miss a training day. I always get my four days out of my seven.

  

  Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran
  • Up
  • Day
  • Sleep

• There are no new stressful thoughts. They’re all recycled.

  

  Byron Katie
  • Thoughts

• A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.

  

  Erma Bombeck
  • Fun
  • Funny
  • Friendship

• It's very un-American to say nice things about elites. Elites are often terrible. It's not like we've ever had a perfect set of benevolent democratic elites ruling over our country. But the fact of the matter is that a representative system of democracy delegates power to elites.

  

  Franklin Foer
  • Country
  • Power
  • American