Bret Stephens Quotes
The American birthright belongs, potentially, to everyone. This is unprecedented. Other countries accept migrants on the basis of economic necessity or as a humanitarian gesture. Only in America is it the direct consequence of our foundational ideals.
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
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The Secret Service is a strange group. They don't really have a leader. It's not set up like a military. Each one is supposed to be able to act like a leader when something comes up.
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A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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We have two trainers at the polo ground and do a mix of aerobics, gymnastics and stretches before we start riding. As polo players, it's very important for us to keep in shape. We do a bit of yoga and Pilates sometimes, too.
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
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The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working.
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If you're taking an antidepressant, it's working, and you're not experiencing side effects, go on taking it. But if it's not working, or not working well enough, or if you have side effects you don't like, talk to your doctor about an alternative approach.
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Wherever I go, people recognize me, call my name, cheer me.
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Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.
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In the future, I'd like to make jewelry and sell it under my own name. But right now, I've got enough on my plate!
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Long time ago, people would make the Bible, right? The guy said it, somebody wrote it down. And then if you wanted another copy of it, another human being wrote another one. It took a long, long time. Somebody created this thing called mimeograph paper and so you said, 'OK, we'll do it that way.' And so you could get three of them.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.
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Life is measured in love and positive contributions and moments of grace.
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Without literature my life would be miserable.
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I think people can generally trust me, but they can trust me exactly because they know they don't have to.
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Never look back to the past, never regret, even if there is emptiness ahead.' But I couldn't help it. Sometimes I would rather look back if it meant that I could feel something in my heart, even something sad. Sadness was better than emptiness.
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I promised myself that we’d have this little air-clearing chat today without my tongue ending up in your mouth.
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In the four decades after World War II, manufacturing jobs paid more than other jobs for given skills. But that is much less true today. Increased international competition has forced American manufacturers to reduce costs. As a result, the pay premium for low-skilled workers in manufacturing is smaller than it once was.
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An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means. There is no such thing in the country.
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The American birthright belongs, potentially, to everyone. This is unprecedented. Other countries accept migrants on the basis of economic necessity or as a humanitarian gesture. Only in America is it the direct consequence of our foundational ideals.
