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John Avlon Quotes

When people tap into this politics of resentment, it usually ends ugly.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
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Birth: 1973

Topics

Politics Ugly People Resentment Tap

I wasn't a shrinking violet when I joined Fox News. I didn't have any power at Fox - I had no power in the TV industry - but I had been a lawyer for nine years who had practiced employment law.

Power Law Lawyer News Fox Years

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.

Said Never Depressing Cynical Been

I have a street mind. My whole mindset when I first got to the NBA was, 'I'm bringing that street to the game,' and, 'I'm going to be the hardest guy on the court; I'm going to be the hardest guy on the planet.'

Metta World Peace

Mind Game Mindset Street First Guy

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

Morning Wake Up Better Person Better

I was a stage-struck child from about 5 years onward.

Child Years Onward About

Surfing is not my strong point. And... I don't really have a tan. I go to the tanning place, the one that sprays you with color.

Color Strong You Place Go Tan

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.

Freedom Conflict Democracy You

I am a bit of a fundamentalist when it comes to black women's hair. Hair is hair - yet also about larger questions: self-acceptance, insecurity and what the world tells you is beautiful. For many black women, the idea of wearing their hair naturally is unbearable.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Women Beautiful I Am Insecurity Hair

I may not be as lyrically adept as Jay-Z and Morrissey, but at least I can sing what I feel.

Feel I Can May Sing I May Not Least

I was a huge fan of monster movies.

Movies Monster Fan Huge Fan Huge

The Purdue education was fine, but I wasn't ready to learn when I was at Purdue.

Education Learn Ready Fine

This is the 21st-century paradox: Even as political democracy has become the intellectual default mode for much of the world, the private sector usually trumps the public one when it comes to accommodating consumer choice.

Chrystia Freeland

Democracy World Political Choice

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