Allen Weinstein Quotes
For the Archivist, this role is a result of his obligation to preserve and assure timely and maximum access to our governmental records in the evolving historic saga of the American people.
Quotes to Explore
-
Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too.
-
People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.
-
People have to evolve.
-
I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.
-
Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.
-
'American Horror Story' is dark, so you shouldn't be expecting too much happiness.
-
When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened.
-
People have said to me, 'It must be nice to prove so many people wrong,' but I've never really cared about proving anything to anybody else.
-
At times, the curve/fat/plus convo tends be this 'out of the dark' story, like, 'I used to be insecure, but now here I am.' But that is not my reality, and for most of the people, that isn't their reality, either.
-
I cannot in any case permit myself to be brought before the people, exclusively, by any of the political parties that now so unfortunately divide our country, as their candidate for office.
-
The Broken Bow group is such a great family and seem like a group of tight-knit people. When I looked for a new label, I wanted to feel I could trust everybody. I wanted motivation to be at an all-time high.
-
I think the mistake people make most often when they invest in other kinds of startups is they say, 'This is totally different.' And so the things that matter, like making a product that people desperately want, like talking to customers, they throw this out the window. That is a recipe for heartache and tears.
-
I've always ignored the labels people put on things.
-
We have dealt with the Arab/Muslim problem in the American media in every single way but through comedy. Hollywood has always been lagging behind comedy... We can make fun of ourselves, too, and I'm inviting us to laugh with us - and all the misconceptions.
-
I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really love Don Draper in 'Mad Men?' He's just a terrible guy. But we know why he's terrible, and I think that's really key to why you can be sympathetic to a character.
-
So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
-
When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier.
-
Capitalism has socialized production. It has brought thousands of people together in the factory and involved them in new social relationships.
-
I started playing football on the streets; I grew up playing football on the streets with my friends, and that's why I was brought up the way I was. That's the school I had - the street football.
-
I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.
-
I don't think I'm on the studio president's list: 'The movie's going to star Cannavale.' That's not happening.
-
Hunting was the labour of the savages of North America, but the amusement of the gentlemen of England.
-
I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.
-
For the Archivist, this role is a result of his obligation to preserve and assure timely and maximum access to our governmental records in the evolving historic saga of the American people.
