Matthew Yglesias Quotes
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I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.
Naguib Mahfouz -
Sadly, half of marriages end in divorce. Half of my girl friends and male friends have been through one, and their kids are doing great. There's no shame around it - unless you want to project that on to yourself - but certainly there's no longer cultural shame. Everyone is walking through it.
Laura Dern -
I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
Sam Riley -
I used to have to beg and borrow £25 to hire some French windows. I started producing in 1967, and I was in debt until 1981. Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.
Cameron Mackintosh -
I am a Yankees fan. I should say - have been to more Yankees games than Mets games.
Harold Ford, Jr. -
I have never made a threat. I've never made a threat, never expressed a threat, never - I've never - I would never threaten violence ever, because I am a man of peace, dedicated to peace.
Feisal Abdul Rauf
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Al Qaeda is closely aligned with the Chechens.
Barton Gellman -
'The Godfather' was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
Orson Welles -
I credit my mom with inspiring in me a love of design, matched by her creative problem-solving abilities. This is a woman who could find an old, discarded piece of furniture, bring it home and turn it into something fabulous.
Candice Olson -
I think there's this essential human desire to have a unified field theory. Everyone is like, 'I want to unlock the single secret to 'Lost.' There isn't any one secret. There is not a unified field theory for 'Lost,' nor do we think there should be, because philosophically, we don't buy into that as a conceit.
Carlton Cuse -
A gloss is a total system of perception and language.
Talcott Parsons -
There's no point considering something which is very unrealistic.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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God does say He will graciously entertain our prayers. He says that if we exercise faith, and if our request is in accordance with His will, He will hear us.
Walter Martin -
It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.
Dan Stevens -
Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.
Barbara De Angelis -
Impressionism was the beginning of a cult devoted to the material on the canvas – the actual pigment..
Marcel Duchamp -
I can say without a doubt that being a mom is the ultimate test of my multi-tasking skills. I spend my day meeting startup after startup, helping our portfolio companies, bringing in speakers, and soon gearing up for Demo Day for our accelerator program.
Christine Tsai -
I would love to play Mary in 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' or 'Virginia Woolf' or a comedy - just, like, a slapstick comedy.
Alice Ripley
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I don't know of a filmmaker who does not feel buoyed and lifted when their peers embrace the work.
Bennett Miller -
Politics may be the art of the possible; but, at least in life, give the impossible a go.
Tony Blair -
I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.
Michael Ovitz -
The mind of guilt is full of scorpions.
William Shakespeare -
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
Samuel Adams -
I'm against government-subsidized parking and government-mandated parking.
Matthew Yglesias