Booker Little Quotes
My own feelings about the direction in which jazz should go are that there should be much less stress on technical exhibitionism and much more on emotional content, on what might be termed humanity in music and the freedom to say all that you want.
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When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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One time, I pranked my sister: I put red solo cups in her room on her floor and filled them with water. Then I put string all over so you couldn't get anywhere.
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I've been playing both sides of the law my entire career. It's not really surprising for me to be doing opposing sides simultaneously. I would argue that even though my character on 'Hawaii Five-0' originated on the wrong side of the law, I'd say he's worked his way over to the good side.
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One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.
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Zionism is a revolutionary process. And in a revolution, you must be ready not to think too much about sentiments or human weaknesses.
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I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance.
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There are lots of women tennis players, for instance, but because not many of them seem to have much personality, they're interchangeable. You don't have a feeling about them.
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Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.
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It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don't cause spills. They are technologically very advanced.
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Among politicians and businessman, Pragmatism is the current term for 'To hell with our children.'
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中醫不過是一種有意的或無意的騙子。
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I know very well that one must fight, for one is often in contradiction to the spirit of the age.
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Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.
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My hairstyle is not common in India, where my parents come from.
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When I'm writing a pop song, I'll just write formulaically, strategically.
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Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate.
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Nine out of every 10 large corporations and government agencies have been attacked by computer intruders.
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After 'Somewhere' came out, people started to recognize me more. Whenever I was walking down the street, they'd be like, 'Oh, wow - are you Elle Fanning?' Before 'Somewhere,' they asked me if I was Dakota Fanning, because we looked alike, and I'd say, 'No, I'm her younger sister.'
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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In my opinion, right up there with free public schools, our free public library system is what makes citizenship possible, even what makes America great.
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Every policy is shaped by two forces: background analysis and foreground politics. The political forces are loud, self-serving and, in the case of energy policy, well known.
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We talk different languages, eat different foods, but all humanity has one ancestor, which started from one person, which started from one god.
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My own feelings about the direction in which jazz should go are that there should be much less stress on technical exhibitionism and much more on emotional content, on what might be termed humanity in music and the freedom to say all that you want.
