Bret Stephens Quotes
I think Black Lives Matter has some really thuggish elements in it. Look - at the risk of being incredibly politically incorrect, but I guess that's my job - I think that all lives matter. Not least black lives.
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The Israeli government has already established a fund to encourage young Arab women, specifically from the Bedouin community, to study engineering. We are funding their university studies and providing them with mentors who assist them with their studies and the job placement process.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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I don't want to be known as the one who makes movies for older people.
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In 1994, after four years of talking about travel on my first show, I realized I knew so little about the world - I knew so little about myself. I decided to quit my job and pursue a postgraduate degree in New York.
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DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does.
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I think that it's hard enough being an adolescent and wanting so much to fit in with your peers, your schoolmates, and to erase any sign of difference, to be part of the group. And being biracial but also being black in a predominately white school marked me as different.
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When the women's movement began, it was a middle-class phenomenon. Certainly, black women had other stuff to think about in the '60s besides a women's movement. Working-class women were slow to get into it.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
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Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.
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I wanted to have more time to play and reflect, but I find retirement more stressful than having a nice, steady job because I have to make decisions about where I want to be.
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Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.
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The only time a friend has ever helped me in the industry was how I got my first job - that was through Mike Figgis.
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Cinema is a thankless industry where sometimes to appear on the cinematic scenery is a thing for late bloomers and people who are very patient. The places are accounted, and the space is often unwelcoming. Money is rare, and independent voices are muted by the almost complete absence of risk takers.
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The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.
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Middle-class people worry a lot about money. They worry a lot about job security, and they do a lot of nine-to-five stuff.
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I love black truffles. I love white truffles.
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It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once they reach 50. It happens in real life, too.
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If you're graduating from high school, and you come from a lower income family, you're effectively given two options. One is get a four-year college degree; two is work at a low-wage job, potentially for the rest of your life. We've got to do better on that front. We have to provide more options.
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How could you not learn from Cher with her work ethic and the way she commands attention when she walks into a room, but exudes such peaceful tranquility and love for everyone. She just makes you feel warm and welcome and more inspired to do a better job because you want to step up to the plate.
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Somewhere down the road, if a Senate seat were to open, yeah, it's something I'd certainly take a look at. But that's got to be right in time for me and my family.
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I'm not a very fast-paced person.
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I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone might sneak up behind my back.
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I think Black Lives Matter has some really thuggish elements in it. Look - at the risk of being incredibly politically incorrect, but I guess that's my job - I think that all lives matter. Not least black lives.
