Andrew Solomon Quotes

My risk tolerance is higher than some people's, but it's not nearly as high as some people's. I don't want to exaggerate my bravado. I haven't been on the front lines. I haven't ever stepped on a land mine.

Andrew Solomon

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Lots of places to hone your skill as an artist and still earn a paycheck while you're waiting to kick the door down.

Joe Madureira

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The right to a trial is a core principle of the American legal system. Depriving Americans of these essential liberties undermines the Constitution while doing nothing to strengthen our national security.

John Garamendi

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My father belonged to a Jewish social club.

Maurice Sendak

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Theater, for me, is no longer a conversation about how we destroy each other; it's much more about how we may be destroying everyone else.

Anna D. Shapiro

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I don't want to have anyone else as Prime Minister other than David Cameron, and if people spend their time thinking about some of this stuff, then they are getting in the way of two things: one, a fair, open, fact-based referendum debate; and two, the Conservative government continuing afterwards in a stable and secure fashion.

Michael Gove

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Barack Obama has come closer than any figure in recent history to obeying a direct call of the people to the brutal and bloody fields of political mission.

Michael Eric Dyson

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Failure is a great teacher, and I think when you make mistakes and you recover from them and you treat them as valuable learning experiences, then you've got something to share.

Steve Harvey

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Fashion takes its inspiration from society and everyday life, which is the same for everyone, and this is perhaps the reason why certain elements recur.

Stefano Gabbana

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The fact is I've been in Massachusetts for the last two weeks, and it seems over the last few days that the price is increasing by the hour at the pump, so there needs to be an aggressive investigation.

Marty Meehan

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I am the mild-mannered organic chemistry teacher at the University of Oklahoma.

Donna Nelson

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Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.

Claude M. Bristol

TrustYouGoingWouldShoutMuch

I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place.

Chuck Close

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