Rick Perlstein Quotes
While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's not intentional, but somehow my books end up being written under the sign of a political mood.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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As a mom of three young kids, it's difficult to reserve a big chunk of time for shopping, so I try to get my gifts little by little throughout the year. I think this is especially helpful for those of us who are budget conscious.
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I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwear I have to wear.
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I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.
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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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If people don't get paid for their inventions, that's not a good thing. In the case of many patents, there are people who aren't in a position to take them to the next level. If you don't enforce your rights, no one is going to enforce them for you.
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If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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I don't know, if somebody doesn't tell me how would I know?
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Having a bad haircut can be quite traumatic!
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Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.
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I have a lot of anxiety about the red carpet. As a woman, it's uncomfortable to be in a position in which people are judging you, looking at what you're wearing, and criticizing you - not necessarily in a negative way.
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How is Maggie Rowe compensating for her decision to not have a child? Is what she is doing instead enough to justify that decision? What is she doing instead, and why can't she be better at it? What's keeping her from getting a better overall existence score in comparison to an arbitrary sampling of other human beings?
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I like to mix British classics, like a great trench, with fun vintage pieces I find in New York. L.A. style is often very relaxed and comfortable, and I appreciate that effortless feel.
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The worst takes its time to come, and then to pass.
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The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.
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'Nip/Tuck' did make me very comfortable in my own skin, no pun intended. I had to be stripped down a lot, and you're kind of in front of the whole world, and it teaches you to accept yourself and be comfortable with yourself real quickly.
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Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for their country's cause.
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Although I am small, I am skilful. From the sea and the mountain, From the river's depth God gives His gifts to the blessed.
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The limbs will quiver and move after the soul is gone.
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Then we have the beating of the chest of Mr. Trimble, and the showing of his muscles, ... And he said never would he be at the table to negotiate with the IRA.
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The desire to explain what is simple by what is complex, what is easy by what is difficult, is a calamity.
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While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's not intentional, but somehow my books end up being written under the sign of a political mood.
