Bret Stephens Quotes
Democrats should have learned in 2016 that what counts in American politics is location, not turnout.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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If we don't end war, war will end us.
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Don't program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. Time may be passing for our bodies, but because they house our ageless souls, we never need to see ourselves as old and infirm.
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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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I moved about 45 minutes from West Hollywood, and I live surrounded by nature and the wilderness, but I constantly find myself walking around, like in the commercial, saying, 'Can you hear me now?'
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I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.
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My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.
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I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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In England, we have this saying about Marmite: people either love it or hate it. That's like a lot of the movie work I've done. People either find it repulsive or find it really interesting and get engaged in it.
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Hollywood is a community that's so inbred, it's a wonder the children have any teeth.
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My mum and dad were incredibly supportive - although I suspect my dad would have preferred me to go the university route. However, I know they were extremely proud when I won the 2011 BAFTA Best Actor for playing comedian Eric Morecambe in 'Eric and Ernie.'
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Unfortunately, if you're going to say anything that's in your head, you're going to get some kickback.
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There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.
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But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation.
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I think that women on expeditions often get sucked into giving 150 percent of themselves because they feel they have to prove themselves physically equal to men. We get ourselves into trouble and burn out.
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Democrats should have learned in 2016 that what counts in American politics is location, not turnout.
