William Pfaff Quotes
The moral spectacle of capitalism still offends, as does American capitalism's implacable insistence that the market determine value even in the political, intellectual, and artistic spheres.William Pfaff
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
Walter Scott -
When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker spaniel named Baba. We weren't friends, Baba and I, nor enemies. He wasn't my dog. He belonged to the people my mother worked for, and he lived in the house with them and us.
Octavia E. Butler -
I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
Naomi Klein -
People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
Ian Mckellen -
Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art.
Camille Paglia -
I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'll watch myself back on 'Xtra Factor' and want to do it again because of a few hiccups.
Olly Murs
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You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.
Randa Abdel-Fattah -
He that always waits upon God is ready whenever He calls. Neglect not to set your accounts even; he is a happy man who to lives as that death at all times may find him at leisure to die.
Owen Feltham -
The minute we leave south Lebanon we will have to erase the word Hezbollah from our vocabulary, because the whole idea of the State of Israel versus Hezbollah was sheer folly from the outset. It most certainly no longer will be relevant when Israel returns to her internationally recognized northern border.
Amos Oz -
I think acting is therapeutic for me.
Dash Mihok -
I have been arrested several times protesting.
Patrisse Cullors -
I wanted to stimulate thought instead of throwing things out or try to give a perspective. I just put stuff up and it's up for two or three weeks and I get tired of it, so I take it down and put something else up.
Krist Novoselic Nirvana
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I love Chris Brown. He's a superstar. He's one of the best singers out there.
DJ Khaled -
I like sunny stories. You know, my favorite girls in the '50s were Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Esther Williams.
Edward Herrmann -
I like people to have a bit of a laugh. Life is too short to not enjoy what you're doing.
Bradley Walsh -
I started in college as a business major and finally transferred to home economics and studied making clothes.
Phillip Lim -
It's fantastic because I've been living thousands of lives, not only my life.
Claudia Cardinale -
Most of Gingrich's moderate positions are rooted in a realpolitik that transcends ideology.
David Grann
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I have a notebook of concepts. There are titles everywhere if you are looking for them. I pull from them. There is a secret list that I keep for myself about what I want to sing about, and those are the ones I know I am not going to give up for someone else.
Bonnie McKee -
The Obama administration's agenda of maximizing dependency involves political favoritism cloaked in the raiment of "economic planning" and "social justice" that somehow produce results superior to what markets produce when freedom allows merit to manifest itself, and incompetence to fail. The administration's central activity - the political allocation of wealth and opportunity - is not merely susceptible to corruption, it is corruption.
George Will -
One of the most important jobs of a great leader is to attract great talent.
Joe Lonsdale -
I just think the whole discussion of class is wrong. It's not what we do here in America. I don't think there's anything called 'middle class values' that are different from the values of other people in this country.
Jon Kyl -
No matter size, weight, or age woman should never forget their divine worth. We are powerful, beautiful beings and should be treated as such.
Witney Carson -
The moral spectacle of capitalism still offends, as does American capitalism's implacable insistence that the market determine value even in the political, intellectual, and artistic spheres.
William Pfaff