Jan Vogler Quotes
There was no such thing as a solo career in East Germany. You had to get the best orchestra job that you could.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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Boyfriends? Psh, like I've got time for that!
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Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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Curvy is something to be proud of.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts.
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I have a sense of Europe also being like home. I mean, Australia is my home, and my heart is there, but I suppose I've always felt close to Europe, given we had family there, and we would visit.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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Fascist movements kill off their critics, literally or metaphorically, while democratic movements value, invite and even welcome criticism.
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I need nine hours of sleep because of all the activity I do. It doesn't always happen, but I really try.
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It's funny that I got to do 'On the Road' because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by the book and this spirit of Dean Moriarty and how envious we all are of somebody who can be that carefree.
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There was no such thing as a solo career in East Germany. You had to get the best orchestra job that you could.
