Allen Weinstein Quotes
Not only the Archivist alone but all who work for NARA are designated custodians of America's national memory.
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Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
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I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.
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Early in 1986, the World Health Organization in Geneva still regarded AIDS as an ailment of the promiscuous few.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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I had a terrible bout of acne after I turned 30.
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Performers are the neediest people in the world. Unless you've been in that goldfish bowl - nobody can judge unless they've worn those shoes.
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Hungary does not need a single migrant for the economy to work or the population to sustain itself or for the country to have a future.
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If acting doesn't work out, I'm probably going to be a professional chef.
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The feather in your cap is to get a man you love who'll marry you.
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There have never been so many women in the music industry, but they're doing ballads and pop. Where's the new Joan Jetts and the Wanda Jacksons and the Debbie Harrys, all these strong women? I wanna be the woman that rocks.
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I don't drink much anymore, but when I traveled with Frank Sinatra, God rest his soul, I used to drink like I could do it. He made it a test. In Vegas, the Rat Pack, which I was a little part of, drank all night and slept most of the day. Then, about 5 o'clock, we'd meet in the hotel steam room, lock the door, and steam our brains out.
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I do remember that I was sitting in the make-up chair before the shoots for a commercial or film or other, and I thought: Sometime soon they are going to make a close-up of me and millions of people can see how many pimples I've got on my cheeks.
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Not only the Archivist alone but all who work for NARA are designated custodians of America's national memory.
