John McCain Quotes

Politics abhors a vacuum, and Asian countries will gravitate towards China if U.S. influence is perceived as declining.

John McCain

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• There is no such thing as ugly.

  

  Zendaya
  • Ugly
  • Thing

• I certainly didn't reach out to my old assets and ask 'em how they're doing, although I would have liked to.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Doing
  • Old
  • Reach

• Every man is different. You can't generalize with men; you have to find out what your man wants. You have to listen to him when he's telling you what he wants, because a lot of times they're telling you, but you're not listening.

  

  Karrine Steffans
  • Men
  • Different
  • Man

• It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • World
  • Democracy
  • Religion

• Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay.

  

  Pam Grier
  • People
  • Today
  • Sex

• 'Sunset Boulevard' - the story of Hollywood movies draped on a depressing sex affair - is an uncompromising study of American decadence displaying a sad, worn, methodical beauty few films have had since the late twenties.

  

  Manny Farber
  • American
  • Study
  • Sex

• Movement of people is taking place on an immense scale, and from a European perspective, the number of potential future immigrants seems limitless.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • People
  • Future
  • Perspective

• My dad never told me that when you audition, you might not get the role. He wanted to wait until my first disappointment to tell me.

  

  Haley Joel Osment
  • Me
  • Dad
  • Role

• If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.

  

  Xun Kuang
  • Mind
  • Rest
  • Tongue

• I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Me
  • Thankful
  • Blame

• If you can be anything else but a writer, be it.

  

  Kate Braverman
  • You
  • Writer
  • Anything

• No one ever knows if a book is good until they read the book.

  

  Victor LaValle
  • Good
  • Book
  • Ever

• So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the co-operation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Long
  • Help

• A sensible man should not demand of me, or hope that when we mention a subject, we shall make a complete exposition of it.

  

  Maimonides
  • Hope

• He began with an exordium, containing an apology for his resignation of the office of Advocate-General in the Court of Admiralty; and for his appearance in that cause, in opposition to the Crown, and in favor of the town of Boston, and the merchants of Boston and Salem.

  

  John Adams
  • Apology

• They attracted Hurricanes and Spitfires as honey attracts flies.

  

  Adolf Galland

• Without alienation, there can be no politics.

  

  Arthur Miller

• When Gore Vidal was coming up, there were three major channels, and he could count on a big audience when he debated someone like William F. Buckley on TV.

  

  Jay Parini
  • Up

• For a long time we sit there not saying anything, enjoying the quiet of the bay and the occasional steamy knee bump.

  

  Lisa Daily
  • Time
  • Quiet
  • Enjoying

• The thing I regret most about my life are those inane photos of me with icons. They used to come down here and dress me up, and I just tolerated it. It's my fault. But I shouldn't have done it. They literally brought down costumes, candles, and icons! It was unbelievable stupidity.

  

  John Tavener
  • Life
  • Up
  • Done

• If you put pressure on your kids to book every audition, they won't enjoy it anymore, and they won't book it, either. Also, if they don't want to go to an audition, they shouldn't be forced to go. They have to want to do it.

  

  Emma Kenney
  • Book
  • Kids

• I hear actors complain about being stereotyped, and a lot of the time, you have yourself to blame. Just don't take the part if you feel like it's a stereotypical part for you. You have control over your life. We don't have the old studio system, where you have to do what they tell you.

  

  John C. Reilly
  • Life
  • Time
  • Control

• I want to make clear that my feedback comes from a place of loyalty and persistent gratitude. I love Twitter.

  

  Chris Sacca
  • Gratitude
  • Loyalty

• Politics abhors a vacuum, and Asian countries will gravitate towards China if U.S. influence is perceived as declining.

  

  John McCain