Benjamin E. Sasse Quotes
The fact that college campuses, once the cornerstone of free expression and open debate, are now among the most intellectually intolerant spaces in America should concern us deeply.
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When I first got married to my husband, he had boxes full of photos of my two stepsons, ages 5 and 8 at the time, and I put them together in some little albums and wrote notes about how happy I was that they were a part of my life.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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I've always fought as a heavyweight, and I didn't see any reason to fight at a lighter weight.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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You don't have to be a rock star - if you don't like the situation you're in, you don't have to settle for it.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11.
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I enjoy meat, but I can do without it.
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A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.
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Laurel Canyon is kind of grotesque. It's this nature-themed place, and everybody is kind of angry.
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The camera and I have always had good chemistry.
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I skipped kindergarten because I was reading at a pretty high level. That's a weird and cocky thing to say, but I was real sharp, and I knew that early on.
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Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.
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There is a huge gap between the remuneration of an actor and actress.
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To make a bank was a great plot of state;Invent a shovel, and be a magistrate.
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We're more familiar with what economists call an English auction - prices start low and rise as people bid. However, there is also the Dutch auction, where prices start high and go lower until somebody bites. Movies are sold to the audience via a very slow Dutch auction, where each phase between price drops can last weeks or months.
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Free-market economics and tolerance for Chinese violations of trade and commercial protocols did not result in either the liberalization or the democratization of China. Over the past two decades, we have been told that the Japanese, the European Union, and the Chinese successively would eclipse America with their respective superior paradigms.
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Students of America, working families of America: President Obama will not turn his back on you.
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Moreover, from reforming the tax code to our immigration system, to commonsense legal reform, President Bush put America on notice that he will continue fighting to make the country, and the world, a better place for future generations.
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I think the new generations in America, the America's youth, no longer care about Vietnam. They don't want to hear any more about it.
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The fact that college campuses, once the cornerstone of free expression and open debate, are now among the most intellectually intolerant spaces in America should concern us deeply.
