Adam Cohen Quotes
'Hard Times' does not romanticize the Depression, but at least a few of Mr. Terkel's subjects managed to find silver linings.
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You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.
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Darling, when you're as old as I am, you cherish the very few musicals that have come your way that you know are great classics. You become their guardian.
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I've always been a massive fan of John Mayer. I think he's very talented.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It's always changing.
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The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.
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If you're asking me where my heart and where I'm happy is, I love playing with Tom Brady. I love being coached by Bill Belichick.
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All the musicians I loved growing up were men. I loved Leonard Cohen, Mick Jagger. I loved Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys. Even today, I love Van McCann from Catfish and the Bottlemen and Matt Healy from The 1975.
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You try to do what you can to bring harmony wherever you go.
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Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
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All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer.
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I was raised on movie sets, and I decided for myself at a very young age that it was what I wanted to do.
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If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
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If you don't change, you're dead, so I try to keep changing.
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An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
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I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.
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Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.
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With Rajoy, there is a taboo topic, which is the aspiration of Catalonia to decide its future.
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Cliff Stearns talks about what he did to Planned Parenthood, making Solyndra a household name - why didn't he do this sooner? Why didn't he see it coming? It's the oversight committee, not the hindsight committee.
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If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract.
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My parents were strict but loving.
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Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.
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Almost everyone I know is battling something, whether it's allergies or depression. Whatever it is, it makes you feel less than who you are. I believe part of life's challenge is to work through that.
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'Hard Times' does not romanticize the Depression, but at least a few of Mr. Terkel's subjects managed to find silver linings.
