Bret Stephens Quotes
In the scale of American blunders - from the Dred Scott decision to the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s to the tragedy of Vietnam - is the Trump presidency really unique?
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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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Celebs says we have no time for love, but I wouldn't say that.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.
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I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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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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Relationships ending are painful, and you can choose to carry that, or you can choose to reframe it.
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Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.
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When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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I don't feel under-taxed in any way at all.
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I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.
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A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
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The main interest of most members of the Christian Coalition is the breakdown of the family. I think that's our biggest problem, and if the whole country was as concerned and active in issues of the family as members of the Christian Coalition are, we'd probably be better off as a country.
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When I see the Ten Most Wanted Lists... I always have this thought: If we'd made them feel wanted earlier, they wouldn't be wanted now.
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I came into advertising in 1961. I had been turned down for jobs on the Ford account in the late Fifties as 'not their type.' If it hadn't been for Bill Bernbach, I would now be sitting in some luncheonette, continuing my life as a messenger.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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I do have an office where about 70 percent of my writing gets done, but sometimes it does get a bit stir-crazy to be cooped up in there, so I'll grab my laptop and write somewhere else: another room in the house, out on the patio, or even Heaven-forbid, a trip to Starbucks. But I also write on the road.
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I come from a farming culture, where we valued raw materials above all.
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Chocolate is a vegetable. Honest.
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In the scale of American blunders - from the Dred Scott decision to the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s to the tragedy of Vietnam - is the Trump presidency really unique?
