William A. Rusher Quotes
I think the important thing to remember about the Japanese internment is the situation. We had been attacked. Maybe Roosevelt expected it - I rather think he did. I don't think he expected an attack on Pearl Harbor. I think he expected an attack on Southeast Asia. But we were attacked at Pearl Harbor
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My boy and I move. We have this game where if we dress in a particular item of clothing, we have to do a different movement. A hat means 20 jumps - that sort of thing. When I put a scarf on, my son has to drop down and do push-ups, immediately. He thinks it's really funny.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
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I'm neither a millennial nor a hipster.
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Playing and listening to music gives you a sense of fulfilment because you have to put everything in you at its disposal.
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You can stroke people with words.
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In general, I tend to laugh too much. I always try to tell myself not to, but I think that's just part of getting through the job. It's not rocket science. I want to have a good time!
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Music is my heart, but I see television and more movies in the next stage of my life.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.
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Surrealism is not a poetry but a poetics, and even more, and more decisively, a world vision.
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Action is the real measure of intelligence.
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Youth is really in your attitude, not in what you look like.
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The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
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The battle going on over gay marriage in America reveals an awful lot. The Bible belt - people hate gay people. Because the Bible tells them? No, the Bible tells them an awful lot of things that they ignore.
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Hollywood, that whole industry, is a lot like a really small town. You bump into the same people all the time. I think Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon can be played with anyone and everyone in Hollywood.
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Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop any discipline.
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I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was the popular song.
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I think it reflects the reality on the ground, that this was an important milestone that's been achieved by the Iraqi people, and it's a significant development. It's a real hopeful moment for democracy in Iraq.
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I think forcing people to uncover their head is as tyrannical as forcing them to cover it.
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One of the reasons I got really fat when I left home was because I thought rich people ate white bread and Spam. I also thought they could get processed meals, because we never did, so that was exciting.
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When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies.
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I think the important thing to remember about the Japanese internment is the situation. We had been attacked. Maybe Roosevelt expected it - I rather think he did. I don't think he expected an attack on Pearl Harbor. I think he expected an attack on Southeast Asia. But we were attacked at Pearl Harbor
