William Kristol Quotes
[Among conservatives] there's been too much pseudo-populism, almost too much concern and attention for, quote, 'the people'.... After all, we conservatives are on the side of the lords and barons.... We...are pulling up the drawbridge against the peasants.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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The discovery of deuterium and the marked differences in the physical and chemical properties of hydrogen and deuterium, together with an efficient method for the separation of these isotopes, have opened an interesting field of research in several of the major branches of science.
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I don't believe in writer's block.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
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A guitar can be so human, so sorrowful, so angry, and I wanted to figure out how to achieve that vibe without having to actually use guitars, because 'Badlands' is a very futuristic record - and making it that in an era of futuristic music is a really hard thing to do!
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Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
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If you simply announce that things are irrational, then that alone doesn't get you very far. You have to replace rational agents with some concrete notion of what it means to be irrational.
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People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back.
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I can touch my toes, but I bend in a strange way. I'll never be in the Olympics.
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I'm taking a vow not to advise.
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The Royal Society view is completely apolitical: it will judge anything based on the evidence. One of the big strengths of the Society is that is it widely perceived as impartial and above the fray. We'd like to make sure it stays that way.
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Expenditure can't really guarantee a great experience. I don't even like shopping; I've never bought stuff for myself, and everything I wear are gifts from my brothers, friends and people.
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All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
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I love corduroys, because they are really comfy and they're cozier than jeans. They come in nice autumn hues - colors that you can have fun with.
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I hope people will say I never had a hidden agenda, and I never played it cute around the turns, and that my integrity stayed intact.
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I am the despair of my accountant; I am the plastic bags of receipts.
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The trouble with conservatives is that too many of them come to Washington thinking they are going to drain the swamp, only to discover that Washington is a hot tub.
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So in the end when one is doing philosophy one gets to the point where one would like just to emit an inarticulate sound.
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I don't think HBO would want to do anything in conjunction with Sub Pop but I never asked either.
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At the beginning, my ambition was never to break down doors. It was just to earn tuition for myself and work in an industry where women hadn't been allowed or invited. That's all I wanted to do, not thinking that I would make waves, change minds, excite people, incite people, turn on people, repulse people.
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[Among conservatives] there's been too much pseudo-populism, almost too much concern and attention for, quote, 'the people'.... After all, we conservatives are on the side of the lords and barons.... We...are pulling up the drawbridge against the peasants.
