Andrew Tobias Quotes

There were no jobs created in America from 1945, when the war ended, through 2003. How could there be? Taxes were too high. Preposterously so under Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan (who left office with a 28 percent rate on long-term capital gains) and Bush the Elder.

Andrew Tobias

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Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.

Andrea Dworkin

LanguageSupremacyEverySentence

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

Maya Angelou

LifeInspirationalPassionStyle

When I moved to Hollywood, I was expecting it to be this Mecca of extraordinarily talented musicians, and it was instead the era of Faster Pussycat and bands that had an appeal, but I couldn't do anything like that. There's nothing in my being that can do anything like that.

Tom Morello

MusiciansHollywoodNothingAnything

I'm especially drawn to the sand dunes. I love driving around and exploring them by dune buggy.

Mo Farah

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I used to go to auditions, mainly for talent competitions like 'Opportunity Knocks.'

Debra Stephenson

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If I'm acting at all, it's going to be under Marvel contract, or I'm going to be directing. I can't see myself pursuing acting strictly outside of what I'm contractually obligated to do.

Chris Evans

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I'm from another time period. E-mailing sometimes, for me, is difficult.

Chris Messina

TimeMeSometimesDifficultPeriod

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.

Clifton Fadiman

NothingHappenSlowlyMakingVery

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

Bobby Scott

ProgressPeopleTreatPersonWill

I've had presidents in my lifetime - and I'm old enough to have seen several - that I really detested, but they're still my president. I've had presidents that I've really liked.

Powers Boothe

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Decorators never quite saw the point of massing books. Books brought colour to a room and filled it up, but shelves bearing just one thing struck them as a decorative display opportunity tragically lost.

Peter York

OpportunityLostNeverColourRoom

I was planning on going to Yale to theater school.

Shia LaBeouf

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