Evan Thomas Quotes
With grace and a keen appreciation of human nature, Nicholas Thompson has written a revealing, moving history of the Cold War through two fascinating men.
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I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
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Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks.
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There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
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I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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My name is usually the one on the end of people's lips.
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I don't think music is the first thing I turn to. For me, I think visual art is more the thing. Sometimes when I've been doing music for a while, I can't really take any more in.
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I am excited when I get a movie and I get to move somewhere for a certain amount of time. But I am a Cali girl.
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Watch the movie closely, and you’ll see how personal it is. Here’s a film in which cinema brings down the Nazi regime, metaphorically and literally. What could possibly be better than that? In this story, cinema changes the world, and I fucking love that idea!
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Muslim discourse is currently a tissue of myths, conspiracy theories, and exhortations to recapture the glories of the seventh century.
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I guess my enthusiasm kind of rubs off on people.
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180 episodes of 'CSI: Miami' and never the same lipstick twice!
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When you put the interest of a kid on money instead of heart then you're destroying the beauty of our lives and our thought process, which should be about how much responsibilities you carry as an athlete and a citizen.
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Let's face it: 'Twilight' is kind of an easy thing to make fun of.
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Watch the History Channel if you want it literal and historically perfect.
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If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
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My parents are big Shakespeare fans.
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I never say a funny thing intentionally.
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You're part of the problem or the solution. Solution means, in my opinion, to be taking extra time and energy in trying to give back to the world.
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When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.
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I remember when I was in 'Matilda,' we would have interviews in the day, and then we'd go to a show, and it's just, like, absolutely insane.
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We have a history of great producers - ABBA and Max Martin - we have proof of people being successful from Sweden.
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With grace and a keen appreciation of human nature, Nicholas Thompson has written a revealing, moving history of the Cold War through two fascinating men.
