Anderson Cooper Quotes
In terms of the people that President [Donald] Trump is going to have around him, the cabinet. Predominantly white, predominantly male.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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I had to work with a psychiatrist.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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You can ask me anything you like about my work, but I'll never talk about myself.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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The first complaint we hear from everyone is: 'Why would I want to join this stupid useless thing and know what my brother's eating for lunch?' But that really misses the point because Twitter is fundamentally recipient-controlled - you choose to listen and you choose to leave. But you also choose what to put down and what to share.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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I think about terrorism in terms of popcorn. You can't tell which kernels are popcorn and which are not, but you assume you'll always have some kernels that are going to pop.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.
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Early on I saw the plastic quality in colored people and had friends among them; and later was to work from colored models and friends, including Paul Robeson, whose splendid head I worked from in New York. I tried to draw Chinamen in their quarter, but the Chinese did not like being drawn and would immediately disappear when they spotted me.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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It's not going to be easy to change things.
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I think I'm better at live shows than I used to be because I'm way more comfortable with the uncomfortable pauses between songs. Now, rather than trying to talk or do a costume change, I'll use those moments for myself. I listen to what other people are playing, or just rest, or dance, even though I don't know how to.
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Some people say a front-engine car handles best. Some people say a rear-engine car handles best. I say a rented car handles best.
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Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness – perhaps unimaginative of me.
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I just want to make sure girls know they don't have to carry the weight of achieving nearly impossible standards on their shoulders every day.
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In terms of the people that President [Donald] Trump is going to have around him, the cabinet. Predominantly white, predominantly male.
