Adam Clymer Quotes
Ted Kennedy is the only person alive who might know more than we do about Chappaquiddick, and he may not.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel, just for once, that everything is going our way.
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I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.
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I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief... All my admirers are married; most of my friends are dead; and I stand with all the world before me, where to choose a path to make in it.
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We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
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Put me in a costume, and I'm your man. I must have one of those faces which seems to suit period drama more than modern films and TV programmes. But I'm not complaining, I love going back in time. I feel quite lucky because nobody knows who I am. I can walk about and have ordinary conversations with people.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don't tell me you do. You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.
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I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
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Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
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The important thing is to do what you most love in the best way. If you love literature, you could be a great writer and perhaps one day become a Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature.
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The efficiency, credibility, and liquidity of the financial markets have been foundational to the largest economy in the world.
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You can't expect to make all this money and not go through problems. You can't expect God to give you everything you want without taking something away.
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Words are the only arteries of thought our poor human body possesses.
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Metaphysicians and politicians may dispute forever, but they will never find any other moral principle or foundation of rule or obedience, than the consent of governors and governed.
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Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing.
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I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.
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Ted Kennedy is the only person alive who might know more than we do about Chappaquiddick, and he may not.
