Bret Stephens Quotes
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People are mean on social media, whoever you are. It's a shame people have to be that way.
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Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it becomes part of the texture of the play. For a writer, that's thrilling. That's when my pen flies.
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I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.
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Europe, the U.S., and their allies can defeat the terrorists of Islamic State, or ISIS. The first step is making the decision to fight back. The next step is understanding that drones and standoff missiles will not be enough. Ground troops will be needed.
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I want to learn about a different religion. I grew up Catholic, but my grandfather was Jewish. Knowledge about other religions can help you understand your own better. I think it's kind of hypocritical to believe one thing and don't know about any others.
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I know it can be difficult for parents, but I really do believe that kids need to play the predominant role in the choices that go into their own space.
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There are lots of women I look up to, but mentors are someone you talk to and not just admire. A lot of my friends that I trust are my mentors.
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I don't know how we had about eighteen international stars in it, all playing James Bond.
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I like Los Angeles. So many artistic people, and I just love the weather.
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I go to New York to see live shows, not movies.
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I think the traditional explanation is that demons just find someone, they pick on them and try to break down their spirit so they can... take control of their bodies. Why exactly? I don't know.
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Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors.
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I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.
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I hate meeting my favorite bands because then it just ruins it.
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No one disputes Iran's destabilizing influence in the Middle East or role in killing Americans.
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Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out.
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It's a little-appreciated fact that most of the animals in our ocean make light. I've spent most of my career studying this phenomenon called bioluminescence. I study it because I think understanding it is critical to understanding life in the ocean where most bioluminescence occurs.
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We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning star. In our barbarous society the influence of character is in its infancy.
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Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended at all even to take in the whole sick population.
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Why can't teachers end up owning schools, the way waiters can open their own restaurants?
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Humans hate to admit error even as they stand there, black and smoldering, with the stub of a cigarette in one hand, in the middle of a wide crater containing them and the remains of a sign that once read 'DANGER: VOLATILE EXPLOSIVES'
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And yet I am convinced that man will never give up true suffering- that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole root of consciousness.
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The hater always suffers more than the object of his hatred.
