Joe Klein Quotes
You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities.
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If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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The last thing I wanted was to be with someone who's the same age as me and wanted the limelight, wanted the attention. There's lots of girls out there who do.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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One rose says more than the dozen.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland and - the guy told me it was a really good deal - made an even swap for a blue Teisco Del Ray. I loved that guitar and used it a bunch.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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Every community has a need that is cannot meet in itself. The more they say they do not need us, the harder we must try to become what they need most.
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I had four sandwiches when I left New York. I only ate one and a half during the whole trip and drank a little water. I don't suppose I had time to eat any more because, you know, it surprised me how short a distance it is to Europe.
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I've learned that you have to take responsibility for yourself in this game and lead yourself through it.
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I have always wanted to make a film about my parents' generation, which tried every way to escape from the deadly shadow of war and finally settled down in Hong Kong in the '50s to build a home from nothing. Arguably, they are the first generation of Hong Kong people to turn this remote island into a modern city.
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You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities.
