Andrew Rosenthal Quotes
All of our columnists have areas of interest and expertise that they will return to frequently, but the subject matter of any given column is up to them.
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
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Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.
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In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
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When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young.
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Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
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Everyone around me was super-cool and laid back and skinny and tan and volleyball-y, and I was just this neurotic kid who was singing 'Annie Get Your Gun.'
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Like every audition I go on, I do my best, but after that, I let it go because, you know, the rejection rate is so great in Hollywood, and I can only control what I do in the audition, and after that it's up to somebody else.
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Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think will keep us one step ahead of our kids.
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I believe acting to be my own journey through connection more than anything else, but that's only my take on it.
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I think I write very good songs. But I don't know if anybody could record my songs with as much fervor. They sound good sung by me, and they especially sound good with my band.
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People who enter the United States without our permission are illegal aliens and illegal aliens should not be treated the same as people who enter the United States legally.
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Whatever you want your child to learn, you have to model that every day. There's no more waiting around. Once you have a child, there's no dress rehearsal anymore.
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The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they're profound or they're deep when there are so many people who have more worthwhile ways of phrasing things.
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All of our columnists have areas of interest and expertise that they will return to frequently, but the subject matter of any given column is up to them.
