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 war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
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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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I want to win football games.
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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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A rule against paid fast lanes would encourage additional capacity; a rule permitting paid fast lanes would simply encourage cable companies to create congested slow lanes on the Internet so they could make money by selling fast lanes to big companies.
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Hopefully as you get older you get more selfless. That would be probably a good goal. I don't know if we do, though.
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This outfit called Los Angeles Theatre Works does readings of plays.
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The courage to soar to great heights is inside all of us.
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I'm not saying you have to keep up. But at the moment you choose to stop growing, your world will begin to shrink. You'll be able to communicate with fewer people, especially the young. You will only see reruns. You will not understand how to pay for things. The outside world will become a frightening and unpredictable place.
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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.
