John Podhoretz Quotes
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Building codes are a good thing. People who throw rocks at inspectors are being naive. It's a lot like police officers; we want them around unless they stop us for a ticket. It's the same with inspectors.
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It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.
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I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.
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I'd always wanted to be an action heroine. That's a chick dream, getting to wear a leather bodysuit and be blonde and kick ass. But, what really attracted me to 'Dredd' was the script. It was fantastic! It was about people and characters, and not just about explosions and fighting.
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A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
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I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine.
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People would get Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence all mushed together in their brains, and, bless their hearts, it would come out Carol Lawrence.
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People don't blame the act of driving for auto accidents.
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Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people.
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When I'm in the U.K. – and I'm here more than people would think – I tend to keep a very low profile.
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The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.
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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
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I've been studying the cultures of Asia for many years, and I'm very attracted to the culture of Japan, in particular to the impact Zen has had on the Japanese mind and spirit.
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Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.
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It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.'
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President Obama made the right choice, over one million Americans are still working today. The American auto industry is not just surviving. It is thriving. Where Mitt Romney was willing to turn his back on Akron, Dayton and Toledo, Ohio, the president said, 'I've got your back.'
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Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.
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I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job.
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I won $100,000 in Vegas, which buys furniture for my beach house. That takes nerves. You can't think if I'm wrong I'll blow $30,000.
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I was always fascinated by politics, and I did not like the direction the country was going under Bill Clinton.
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I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership.
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I am an outspoken person. I believe in what I say.
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Now a few words of advice to boys, and especially to those of my own race, my heart goes out to them as they face life's struggles.
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I don't feel alienated from American culture, but I understand people who do.
