James Wolcott Quotes
A lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which the future presses down like a cloud that will never lift.
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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I've got spider veins all over my legs, so I wear opaque tights all winter. All sorts of colours.
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I think lots of ideas are sometimes in our heads without us quite, you know, knowing it.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obstacles. Let us join together to realize the Five Year Plan and bring our economy and our own living standards to previously unknown heights.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.
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In England, rain was thin and cold, and made you hunch up inside your coat, walking home from the bus stop. In Jamaica, it was wide and thick and invited you to step into it, and see how wet you could get, and be thrilled that it was warmer than the sea and warmer than your skin; it was abandon.
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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TV ushered in the age of postliteracy. And we have gone so far beyond that. I mean, what with the Internet and Google and Wikipedia. We have entered the age of post-intelligence.
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Living on silence,Living by the book.You get it to a scienceOf living on one good look.So put out all the firesAnd blow away the smoke.I'm getting pretty tiredOf living on hope.
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I've never supported a wage tax and I've never supported a payroll tax.
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But it can be laid down as a rule that those who speak most of liberty are least inclined to use it.
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As countless as grains of sand by the sea are human passions, and they all differ; all of them, vile or lofty, begin by being under a man's control and then become his terrible masters. Blessed is he who has chosen the most lofty of passions: his immeasurable bliss grows and multiplies tenfold with every hour and minute, and he penetrates deeper and deeper into the infinite paradise of his soul.
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A lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which the future presses down like a cloud that will never lift.
