James Wolcott Quotes
I try to avoid Politico to spare myself psoriasis of the brain but so many journalists cite it that I'm forced to be aware of it no matter how big a moat I build.
Quotes to Explore
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In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it.
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In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.
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That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.
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I loved playing football, but I hated the games because it's a lot of pressure. I just loved putting on the pads and hitting my friends.
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I would never walk off any show.
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I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything!
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I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn't like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.
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Ann Coulter is very popular. She has got a niche. She is a best selling author, but she does not represent Republican women.
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There's nothing in Hollywood that's inherently detrimental to good art. I think that's a fallacy that we've created because we frame the work that way too overtly. 'This is Hollywood.' 'This isn't Hollywood.' It's like, 'No, this is actually all Hollywood.' People are just framing them differently.
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I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process.
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We can all get behind feeding the poorest kids in school, right?
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There certainly are some good aspects to Common Core.
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Cannes is a sort of gladiators' arena, and that's the fun part of it. When you accept to come here to open the festival, you know you are going to be criticised. I have no problem with the fact that I expose myself and the movie, and it's normal that I can disagree with the way some people feel.
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Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere.
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It was like going to church, except Ozzy Osbourne was there.
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Independence is the only way Scotland can realise its full political and cultural potential in the 21st century.
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I met a number of young, striving, enterprising people in cities like Aligarh and Hubli. But the mental landscape of these towns is out of sync with their reality. Many of these towns are hellholes.
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To think is to practice brain chemistry.
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Our minds are mysterious; our conscious brain is like a ship on a sea that is obscure to us.
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To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness.
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I try to avoid Politico to spare myself psoriasis of the brain but so many journalists cite it that I'm forced to be aware of it no matter how big a moat I build.
