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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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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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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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
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I don't believe in writer's block.
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In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling a massacre.
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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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Many, many large cities have old, crumbling infrastructure that have got to be dealt with in the nearest future, or they're going to be in serious trouble. They'll be unlivable if they don't do something.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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When I was just writing books and giving lectures, if people disagreed, they just didn't buy your book or attend your lectures. But, if you're leading a congregation, people feel they have the right to tell you what you should or shouldn't talk about. And that hasn't always been easy for me.
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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.
