Isabel Paterson Quotes
Freedom is dangerous. Possibly crawling on all fours might be safer than standing upright, but we like the view better up there.
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The American tradition of Washington and Hamilton and Madison and Lincoln and TR and Pat Buchanan is of economic nationalism - making America an independent, self-sufficient, sovereign forever country that's able to stand on its own feet.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
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I do big films just to experience personal satisfaction.
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I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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What we have found is that we were the principal mediators in many cases between the Iraqis and their own security forces and their own government, and so you have to almost embrace that role.
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I always watch superhero movies, and I like the action and the fighting and all the different kinds of powers.
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Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned was the case on at least one National Football League team - to play to injure.
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I have never read any Tolstoy. I felt badly about this until I read a Bill Simmons column where he confessed that he'd never seen 'The Big Lebowski.' Simmons, it should be pointed out, has seen everything. He said that everyone needs to have skipped at least one great cultural touchstone.
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I've always wanted to be a very commercial director, or I had dreams of making these movies into blockbusters. And with each movie, they tell me it's not that way.
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I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
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Normally when I read, I don't like music playing.
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It's like, boom! – I've got a girlfriend. It turned out to be a good thing because it made me a rapper.
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After I completed the project for BCG, I was offered the position of Director of Marketing for Ozon.ru.
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What is this 'mac and cheese'? Is that a black thing?
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To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week’s newspapers.
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I wanted to be performer; like, I used to dance at weddings. I felt acting was my calling, and that is something I wanted to do.
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You are always cheating for the audience.
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My ethos is musical freedom: to create whatever I want.
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You know the worst thing is freedom. Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity. You know, Dali spent two months in jail in Spain, and these two months were the most enjoyable and happy in my life. Before my jail period, I was always nervous, anxious. I didn't know if I should make a drawing, or perhaps make a poem, or go to the movies or the theatre, or catch a girl, or play with the boys. The people put me in jail, and my life became divine. Tremendous!
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Freedom is dangerous. Possibly crawling on all fours might be safer than standing upright, but we like the view better up there.
