Bret Stephens Quotes
Nearly everyone I know seems to have a well-developed theory as to why this country is past redemption, or almost, and every theory seems almost right.
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I used to stay up all night playing 'Resident Evil 2,' and it wouldn't stop until the sun came up. Then I'd walk outside at dawn's first light, looking at the empty streets of London, and it was like life imitating art. It felt like I'd stepped into an actual zombie apocalypse.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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There isn't any amount of money that could tempt me to promote something that I didn't believe in.
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Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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You always need that spark of imagination. Sometimes I'm midway through a book before it happens. However, I don't wait for the muse to descend, I sit down every day and I work when I'm not delivering lambs on the farm.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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You have, in America, you have gang signs. Well, 5,000 years ago, there was thing called a mudra, which is your sitting position when you do yoga or you're meditating or you're praying or whatever. And there's not a lot of them that are named after gods and goddesses, but the middle-finger is specifically named the Matangi mudra.
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As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You know, the label was tough for me. I'm a poet. I was proud of that distinction between the two, not wanting to be the other.
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How does one measure the success of a museum?
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I don't know where Hank Aaron will break Ruth's record but I can tell you one thing - ten years from the day he hits it three million people will say they were there.
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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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I only made $200 a week and I had to buy my own bullets.
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I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
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To make a bank was a great plot of state;Invent a shovel, and be a magistrate.
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The writers keep managing to turn the show in on itself, coming up with something that's well thought-out and miraculous.
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I gradually understood why European mothers aren't in perpetual panic about their work-life balance and don't write books about how executive moms should just try harder: Their governments are helping them - and doing it competently.
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If we don't reform how healthcare is delivered in this country, then we are not going to be able to get a handle on that escalating healthcare costs.
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Nearly everyone I know seems to have a well-developed theory as to why this country is past redemption, or almost, and every theory seems almost right.
