Joe Klein Quotes

Ever since John Kennedy, Democrats have had a weakness for dashing younger men like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and, I suppose, Jimmy Carter. They balance their tickets with senior statesmen - Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden, Walter Mondale. (Al Gore was young but played ancient).

Joe Klein

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MenBalanceWeaknessYoungSenior

You don't want to leave 'what if's in life.

Max Greenfield

LifeYouWantLeave

The world has no room for cowards.

Robert Louis Stevenson

WorldCowardsRoom

I, over the years, have always felt more comfortable if I could go into a projection room and look at a film and not really know what to expect. If you read the script first, you form all kinds of preconceptions about how things look, what the location's like, what the actors are like.

John Williams

YouLookGoKnowComfortableFirst

I think the reason that swearing is both so offensive and so attractive is that it is a way to push people's emotional buttons, and especially their negative emotional buttons. Because words soak up emotional connotations and are processed involuntarily by the listener, you can't will yourself not to treat the word in terms of what it means.

Steven Pinker

WordsYourselfPeopleTreatNegative

I don't much enjoy Back and Forth. I mean, I think it has its own particular qualities, but I think it's inferior to any of the half-hour ones we did.

Rowan Atkinson

ThinkEnjoyBackMeanOwnInferior

Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.

Bob Dylan

YouFindHardInspirationTakeCome

An actor is only a part of the film, not the whole, and very often, he is moulded by the director. That is why a good director can make so much difference to a film.

Anupam Kher

GoodWhyActorDirectorDifference

Cooking, to me, it's kind of therapeutic. It's completely different from music as well. I'm not amazing at it, but I can cook myself a good meal. And I'm not just saying this, but anytime I'm on the bus or at home, I'm watching Food Network or cooking on TV just 'cause it's interesting to me.

Phillip Phillips

GoodHomeMusicMyselfFoodCooking

I mean, I grew up riding. I can't ever remember not being able to ride or rope and all that stuff. It was part of my life growing up, so it was fun for me.

Tim McGraw

LifeRideFunMeGrowing UpMy Life

The white working class likes being pandered to even less than it likes being insulted.

Timothy Noah

WhiteClassBeingWorkingEvenThan

To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure they're under from the public.

Noam Chomsky

PressureMattersMoreOfficeDegree

I would love to be a Bond girl. That is on my bucket list, definitely.

Morena Baccarin

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