Walter Russell Mead Quotes
Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
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The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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Yes, and I can sit down on a white piece of paper and work because I don't believe too much into inspiration, only I'm waiting for inspiration, work and then inspiration may come. It's a little too easy to say that.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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When I started out, the idea of comfort in shoes was almost a dirty word.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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We've made some good beginnings with the New START Treaty, but a lot more can be done.
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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The better I am at observing moments in life, the better I'll be at showing them in my acting.
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The two championship contenders, Dario Franchitti and Will Power, are starting right next to each other in the middle of the grid. Honestly, if I can be fast enough early in the race to be able to get up there and latch onto those two, it will be pure entertainment. It's going to be a pack race, and you never know how that's going to turn out.
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You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we're presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated - not nearly as black and white as we're led to believe.
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We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
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For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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The actors that I admire are able to step into so many different roles.
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However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it.
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
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It's not a problem to be surrounded by other writers if that's the craft that you're doing. I suppose if you get obsessed with the notion of being a writer more than the writing itself, that would be bad. But I live near really smart, thoughtful people who take writing very seriously, and I can meet them for breakfast and talk books.
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I never imagined I could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. This is the world's best feeling, although I'm totally exhausted. Even at 80, I can still do quite well.
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Building a dollhouse is a lot like writing a novel because you are God of the Universe.
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Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.
