John Podhoretz Quotes
Comedians and impressionists used to be two different showbiz animals entirely, but now there's no such thing as a comedian who doesn't do impressions.
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Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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Think and grow rich.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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Our concern is to heal. Our concern is to bring together.
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I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.
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I'm going to fight to the death for a public option.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
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That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.
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Growing up, I always wanted to sing.
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I would be concerned if any speech to Congress related any information that's new to the president of the United States.
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I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.
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At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.
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Just Cause: Learn not to contradict your father in anything; nor by calling him Iapetus, to reproach him with the ills of age, by which you were reared in your infancy. (tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)
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I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business.
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How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
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I didn't go to classes there, but ended up at the Cinematheque, and there it opened up even wider because there I saw a variety of films from all over the world.
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Where are Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton? They don't speak for Black America, and they don't speak for me.
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Comedians and impressionists used to be two different showbiz animals entirely, but now there's no such thing as a comedian who doesn't do impressions.
