Bret Stephens Quotes
When you work at 'The Wall Street Journal,' the coins of the realm are truth and trust - the latter flowing exclusively from the former.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.
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It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
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I've always found that no matter how much you spend on a movie - you can spend sixty dollars or sixty million dollars - if the movie's good, it's good.
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I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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You go from thinking of yourself as primarily an individual to suddenly being a mother, first and foremost.
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After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.
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Something I can't stress enough is the massive importance of work experience. It's the only way to find out what work is really like when you're figuring out what path to take and to get an understanding of what it takes to achieve your career ambitions.
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Temperance to be a virtue must be free, and not forced.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.
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We wouldn't survive if people didn't trust us.
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When you work at 'The Wall Street Journal,' the coins of the realm are truth and trust - the latter flowing exclusively from the former.
