John Podhoretz Quotes
Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.
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I never cared about modeling. As a model, you're powerless.
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I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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Like great teams in sports and business endeavors, if there's a chemistry among the participants, and they truly enjoy fellowship together, everybody wants to be there, stay involved, and just have fun together.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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The truth is that for a Democrat to triumph in a presidential election, it needs to come on the heels of 'the dark times' of an unpopular Republican administration. Carter followed the Nixon era, Clinton succeeded after 12 years of Reagan/Bush, and Obama was a direct result of eight years of Bush/Cheney.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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Air power will not defeat ISIS. It has not been able to deny ISIS freedom of maneuver and the ability to attack at will.
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
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I'm on 'Dancing with the Stars' because I want to prove my sister wrong. My sister literally told the world that I could not dance, so I have to redeem myself.
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Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life.
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I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star.
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I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself.
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When I exercise, I need to connect to myself and see how I'm feeling at the moment because my mood is constantly changing.
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Whenever I start a 'Potter' film, I get these dreams. The last dream I had, I was in a war and the sky was blotted with broomsticks and I couldn't find my wand. It was so intense. I always have mental, intense, war wizard dreams when I'm doing the films.
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When you're an adult designer, you're either running a business, or you're helping someone else's business run. Either way, that's a lot of pressure.
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I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
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For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.
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The great lesson I get from 'Moby-Dick' is that when the times are bad, when there is great foreboding, there are still ways to go about living. It's through Ishmael that I find a kind of overall cosmic approach to a meaningful life in this meaningless world.
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How lucky are we to have Naomi Watts and Sean Penn playing us? We've seen the final cut now a couple times, and the scenes with the marriage fraying at the edges are still very difficult to watch. However, our hope was that no matter your political persuasion, you're taken with the idea that it's important to hold power in check.
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Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.
