John Podhoretz Quotes
Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.
John Podhoretz
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I am very happy my Olympic dream has come true.
Ma Long
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For decades, scholars have studied the ways in which implicit biases affect how we perceive other people in this multiethnic society of ours. The data consistently shows that about 90 percent of us possess some implicit prejudices - and, unsurprisingly, people typically favor their own group.
J. D. Vance
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
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There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.
Gary Ackerman
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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
Kara DioGuardi
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
Wang Jianlin
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
Adam Carolla
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All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru.
Rajneesh
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I look at my music in the beginning, and the sexual songs, the partying songs, those are the realities because those things happen.
R. Kelly
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Mel Brooks is an interesting one because he started out making films about stuff that he was totally affectionate about, like musicals, westerns, horror films, Hitchcock films. And then, as they get further on, and you get to 'Spaceballs,' then it's just kind of contrived.
Edgar Wright
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I've got nothing to be ashamed of.
Calvin Johnson
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There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'
Tamara Ecclestone
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You in Lebanon, your power is no match to Israel. Israel, militarily, is more powerful than you and maybe it is more powerful than all the Arab countries, or most of them.
Bashar al-Assad
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In our culture, I think that there is no markers anymore. Young men don't really have something that says you're a grown up now, until you have a baby.
Antoine Fuqua
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But here’s the thing: Appropriation occurs when a style leads to racist generalizations or stereotypes where it originated, but is deemed as high fashion, cool, or funny when the privileged take it for themselves. Appropriation occurs when the appropriator is not aware of the deep significance of the culture that they are partaking in.
Amandla Stenberg
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By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.
Jack Dempsey
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Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.
John Podhoretz
