Amity Shlaes Quotes
FDR's job results were, to put it politely, disturbing.
Amity Shlaes
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The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.
Maira Kalman
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
Garet Garrett
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
Edmund White
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For me, music was a cathartic way to free me from the nut of Ghost. After working on set for 'Power' for 14 hours, it allowed me to pour my sanity and insanity into the music.
Omari Hardwick
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Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.
Ingrid Betancourt
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'Boy,' 'October,' 'War,' 'The Unforgettable Fire' and 'The Joshua Tree,' those records, they're part of my musical DNA and structure.
Taylor Hawkins
Foo Fighters
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In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Sometimes the better the writing, the harder it is to play because you really want to service it. It's hard to be that quick and articulate in life. You've got to try to make it seem discovered, you know, not rehearsed.
David Duchovny
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I live at home and, if I want to start work at 11 o'clock, I can.
Jilly Cooper
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I think a comedian has a more specific job. Whereas a musician can fall into different categories, you know, of making background music or doing a soundtrack or wanting to be in a band or writing the song, or writing your own songs. And then comedy is a very black and white thing. You want to make people happy.
Fred Armisen
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FDR's job results were, to put it politely, disturbing.
Amity Shlaes