Bret Stephens Quotes
For the anti-Semite, the problems of the world can invariably be ascribed to the Jews; for the Communist, to the capitalists.
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I'm such a stereotypical female learner in that I love social studies and love literature, and I always struggled with math and science.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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I wasn't a great debater.
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Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.
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Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.
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We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.
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An aphorism can contain only as much wisdom as overstatement will permit.
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I'm not a fan of second-hand or vintage clothes.
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My dad, Jack, had a great sense of humour and had a strong impact on me and my humour.
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[London is] like the sight of a heavy sea from a rowing boat in the middle of the Atlantic.... One lives in it, afloat but half submerged in a heavy flood of brick, stone, asphalt, slate, steel, glass, concrete, and tarmac, seeing nothing fixable beyond a few score white spires that splash up like spits of foam above the next glum wave of dirty buildings.
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the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by.
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For the anti-Semite, the problems of the world can invariably be ascribed to the Jews; for the Communist, to the capitalists.
