Peggy Noonan Quotes
My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage.
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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One of the last books I read was 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. It gives a really good behind-the-scenes look at the campaigns. I didn't ask the president how accurate it was. I wouldn't ask him that.
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The migration wave can be stopped.
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God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to him with all our soul, our heart, our strength, and so enjoy his light and see his glory and possess the grace of supernatural joy.
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The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.
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I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
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I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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I know I'm profane. And outspoken.
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Ethel Merman would stay with a show for years and tour with it. So would Mary Martin, the great stars. They recognized the value of that success and nurtured it. Now, you come from Hollywood, you play 12 weeks and go away. I don't think that's the best policy.
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Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.
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When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door.
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Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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While my mother is from Jammu, my father was originally from Afghanistan, as my grandfather was the governor of five provinces there, including Herat.
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There is no difference in quality between a life lived forward and a life lived backwards, she thinks. She had come to love this backward life. It was, after all, the only life she had.
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My sound comes from my inspiration, which is people like Aretha and Jay Z and Kanye, as well as everyone from the Whitneys and Mariahs to Destiny's Child and Usher. They all inspired me growing up.
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Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.
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The roughest road often leads to the top.
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My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage.
