Bret Stephens Quotes
We live in a world in which data convey authority. But authority has a way of descending to certitude, and certitude begets hubris.
Bret Stephens
Quotes to Explore
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The American dream is about freedom.
Nancy Pelosi
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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
Nancy Pelosi
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A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
Kage Baker
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
Rainbow Rowell
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.
Wendell Pierce
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
Hannah Simone
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I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.
Lady Gaga
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I decide my future. I decide what I want to do. Nobody else. If I decide this will be my last year, maybe it is. If I decide it will be my last contract, I decide that. Nobody else. So I will decide when the moment is there.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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I really like clever men who challenge you.
E. L. James
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The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it.
Ma Jian
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I was a confident, outgoing little boy. If you're an only child, you're living in a very linguistically adult world, and you've got to keep up. So I did. Maybe I was slightly annoying.
Jack Davenport
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Ein Wahn, der mich beglückt,Ist eine Wahrheit werth, die mich zu Boden drückt.
Christoph Martin Wieland
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'Rent,' for me, was a significant time in my life because it was my first break. It was my first professional job. I also met my husband in that cast, Taye Diggs.
Idina Menzel
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Helen Crawfurd and the Women's Peace Crusade, made a march on the City Chambers, distributing an illegal leaflet in front of police and even to some of the police as well. The women forced their way into the building and the police had a really tough time trying to get them out. Word spread around that several of them had been arrested and this brought out new and very threatening demonstrations.
Willie Gallacher
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I believe that the basic nature of human beings is gentle and compassionate. It is therefore in our own interest to encourage that nature, to make it live within us, to leave room for it to develop. If on the contrary we use violence, it is as if we voluntarily obstruct the positive side of human nature and prevent its evolution.
Dalai Lama
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The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small.
William Langewiesche
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We live in a world in which data convey authority. But authority has a way of descending to certitude, and certitude begets hubris.
Bret Stephens
