Frank Rich Quotes
One would like to say in the aftermath of the 2008 election that everyone lived happily ever after. But the American drama, especially when it involves race, is always more complicated than that.
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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I'm proud to support Secretary Clinton.
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In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If men were just honest with themselves, they would see that they all have that side.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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You probably don't need more weapons than what's required to destroy every city on earth. There's only 2,300 cities. So, the United States, by that criteria, only needs 2,300 nuclear weapons - well, we've got more than 25,000!
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Asked to choose between money and fame, I'd choose the latter every time.
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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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At 93, I'm not looking forward to fame and fortune.
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.
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When I'm writing, I like to seal everything off and face the wall, not to look outside the window. The only way out is through the sentences.
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And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.
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Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don't let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
Until he announced his immigration policy last week, Obama had the support of most Hispanic voters - but not the enthusiasm they had shown for him in 2008. That may be changing in part because of the decision not to deport young immigrants whose undocumented parents brought them here as children.
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This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
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I know the difference between journalism and a slogan.
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I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life.
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Being engaged is absolutely a time to cherish!
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To fully appreciate the music, you have to see the misery.
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One would like to say in the aftermath of the 2008 election that everyone lived happily ever after. But the American drama, especially when it involves race, is always more complicated than that.
