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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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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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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There must be no more pictures covered in brown sauce c. 1880, when Munch started to paint series of landscapes in fresh colors
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The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions.
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Sometimes when you're praised about something, sometimes it's deserved, and sometimes it's not deserved. Same thing with criticism. Sometimes the criticism is deserved, and sometimes it's not deserved.
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You might think people would buy clothes out of pity, but they won’t. People buy clothes because they want to be excited about themselves. ...it has to be great clothing that just happens to be goody-goody, too.
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My second novel began after my family moved from New York City to North Carolina, and I watched my son walk into kindergarten at a school in which he was the only Jewish child out of 600 students - and this in the middle of the Bible Belt.
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Movements that hector and punish rather than educate and reform have a way of inviting derision and reaction.
