William Kristol Quotes
American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.
Quotes to Explore
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You cannot exploit the advantages of getting above the atmosphere unless you are able to get up there reasonably large-sized telescopes and unless you are able to keep these telescopes pointing at one region of the sky for long periods of time to a high degree of accuracy.
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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what I am physically in contact with. I am always observing everything, but it will not necessarily have a direct impact on what I do.
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There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.
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Everything that I design I would wear myself.
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I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.
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Here's the thing: 'The Hurt Locker' was an amazing, important film. But did I enjoy it? Of course not. It was very tough to watch and, while gripping, not exactly what you'd call a happy place.
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I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.
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I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting. The more different they are, the bigger the challenge.
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The moment to tell my barber I was gay just never came up.
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The weird thing was that Soft Cell was supposed to have come and gone before I started the album.
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I don't have the confidence to be a personality.
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Los Angeles and New York are the big centers of the music industry worldwide so of course it can be hard for newcomers who don't know what to expect from the music business.
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My father has always been interested in discarding the past. He's never much liked China or the whole idea behind China or Chinese ways of thinking. He's always been much more attracted to American ways of thinking. He feels Americans are more open - they tell you what they think - and he's very much that way himself.
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I decided to make pictures of fragments, images that would spill off the canvas instead of recede into it like a medicine cabinet. I wanted to find images that were in a 'nether-nether-land': things that were a little out of style but hadn't reached the point of nostalgia.
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The rainforest has an intense beauty that at times seems almost suffocating. The jungle is one twig short of impenetrable, and the greenery seems to crowd in on you with a sensation that has been described as akin to snow blindness.
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I don't really worry or waste my energy on where I rank and this and that. I know where I'm at.
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American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.
