Alex Pareene Quotes
Only a small rich fringe hates Social Security for disincentivizing 80-year-olds from seeking full-time employment.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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I was actually already doing my Ph.D. in neuroscience when September 11 happened. 'The End Of Faith' is essentially what September 11 did to my intellectual career at that moment.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Honesty is something you can't wear out.
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I was on Kanye's Yeezus tour as a dancer, but really, I was a Vanessa Beecroft model. I was one of the three 'dancers' who couldn't dance and was more of an accessory than an individual. Vanessa was pretty involved. Her style is about a lot of standing. It's very simple but haunting.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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There are still so many movies made starring 50 men and one woman! A white male actor should never be allowed to complain about anything. Shut up and sit in the corner. I mean, seriously!
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I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.
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Maybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out.
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If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society.
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I could sing in English before I could understand it because I phonetically learned it from the musicals.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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I am joining the hundreds of thousands who shall be marching in the Virtual March on Washington to Stop Global Warming in order to demonstrate the concern that we all hold for the future of our planet and all the living things - flora, fauna, human and animal - that exist upon it.
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An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community.
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Before I was 12 years old, I had no interest in music; I was just into football. Then I heard Don McLean's 'Vincent' come on at the end of an episode of 'The Simpsons.' You know when you hear something and you don't understand why you like it, you just do? That's how I felt. I just thought, 'I want to be able to write songs like that.'
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Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same work ethic that he had 65 years ago. His family is what he cares about the most, and at the heart of his whole being is his marriage and kids.
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There was a time when caddies couldn't wear shorts.
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I don't have time to worry about who I admire or who I identify with.
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Only a small rich fringe hates Social Security for disincentivizing 80-year-olds from seeking full-time employment.
