Bret Stephens Quotes
Movements that hector and punish rather than educate and reform have a way of inviting derision and reaction.
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.
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It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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My family runs a little art gallery back in Cornwall, so flashy cars and things like that have never really been particularly interesting to me.
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Straight people are everywhere!
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
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I have always loved animals and groomed friends' horses as a child. I think I may have even ridden the odd seaside donkey in my early years.
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Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.
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After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk.
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The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.
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Ruzzle's my therapy. When I get off the stage from a packed show and I'm exhausted, I'll just go Ruzzle for like a good 30 minutes.
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Although the general security situation for the Beijing Olympics remains stable, we still face the challenges of terrorism, separatism and extremism.
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In too many communities, too many young men of color are left behind and seen only as objects of fear. Through initiatives like My Brother's Keeper, I'm personally committed to changing both perception and reality.
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It is a fantastic initiative by the ministry to develop Aakash Tablet, a mobile device that can be utilised by students anywhere. It was successfully tried out. The second and third versions have come out and the fourth version is on the anvil.
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Every state that addresses climate change emboldens the others, just as shifting public attitudes embolden politicians and, arguably, the court system.
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Something dreadful happens to students between first and twelfth grades, and it's not just puberty.
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If the ignorance of nature gave birth to such a variety of gods, the knowledge of this nature is calculated to destroy them.
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I could give you no advice but this: to go into yourself and to explore the depths where your life wells forth.
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I am in a mixed race marriage myself, and I have a mixed race son....The racial perception interest is probably always going to be there to some extent.
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At any period of an actor's life, it's fairly likely that they'll be cast in ways that are reminiscent. That's the way it goes.
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The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify independence, and happily they were able to formulate the inalienable truths set forth in the Declaration.
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Central and western Pennsylvania has one of the best workforces in the country and this will provide job training, new skills and additional resources for those trying to find a job.
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Movements that hector and punish rather than educate and reform have a way of inviting derision and reaction.
