Bret Stephens Quotes
In every generation, there's a strong tendency for everyone to think like everyone else.
Quotes to Explore
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My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.
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After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.
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I've always tried to stay behind the scenes, and I intend to keep it that way.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either.
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It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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I don't know how much of a market there is for space opera. Just because it's in the movies doesn't mean magazines are buying it.
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There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
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Every person wants to stretch himself and widen his audience. Since Hollywood has got more exposure and is shown all over the world, it's obvious that every actor would want to do an English film and explore himself.
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I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
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I don't do guilt. Whatever I do, I do it happily.
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The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.
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I get appalled when I see good drivers being left on the sidelines because they haven't come up with the half million to a million to put themselves in a competitive car.
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I go by intuition. Work-wise, that means asking myself if a role will push me outside my comfort zone, challenge me to learn something new.
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There's one political party in this country, and that's the corporate party.
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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
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Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
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In every generation, there's a strong tendency for everyone to think like everyone else.
