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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I started dancing when I was about 15 or 16 in my high school drama club, and then I liked it so much that they offered dual enrollment classes. So my senior year, I ended up taking college dance courses while I was in high school because I had good grades.
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The world is a force not a presence.
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I have always been interested in pushing magic forward.
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You know, the country is basically peaceful.
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By unapologetically opposing the transformation of America into a Third World country, the GOP would sweep the white vote–once white people recovered from the shock of any candidate asking for their vote. Why should Republicans be ashamed of getting white votes? How about the party work on getting more of them?
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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.
