John Podhoretz Quotes
For Obama to save himself, he should be thinking about the example of an unlikely Republican predecessor: Richard Nixon.
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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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I traveled a full two years with 'Language of Flowers.'
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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'LazyTown' is basically about motivation. So what do I call motivation? I call it 'go.' The show is going to inspire kids to go. Go fishing. Go dancing. Go live.
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Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.
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There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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It's critical to have a sound foundation in free-market economics and the Constitution. A great many Republicans in Washington don't have that foundation.
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I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.
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I never discuss discussions.
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Twenty-six million Russians died in the defense of their homeland against the Nazis.
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I'm quite intuitive about what I pick. Often it's to do with what I've just done and how I'm feeling.
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Each race (or variety) is characterized by a more or less distinct combination of inherited morphological, behavioral, physiological traits.
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Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust?
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I've had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it's not what I look for when I'm seeing someone.
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In my opinion, faith helps in many contexts.
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We must start understanding other cultures, such as the Aboriginal culture. They have a harmony with the Earth and from that harmony has grown a certain spirituality.
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If I'd done a quarter of the things of which I'm accused, I'd be pickled in alcohol, I'd be a registered drug addict and would have sired half the children in the world's cricket-playing countries
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As a writer, the ideal job is the one that allows you time and mental space away from it. Teaching seemed to me like the obvious choice - those summers off, you know - but my experience may serve as a cautionary tale.
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I think of my actions every day: what seems to be important and what isn't.
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I think, at the end of the day, when you hear the same voice all the time, it goes in one ear and out the other when you're a player.
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For Obama to save himself, he should be thinking about the example of an unlikely Republican predecessor: Richard Nixon.
