John J. McLaughlin Quotes

Terms such as 'microaggression,' describing an inadvertent act of offense, have entered the college lexicon, empowering an atmosphere of prior restraint on speech. And many colleges are also disinviting speakers in fear of offending certain elements of their student communities.

John J. McLaughlin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 29, 1927 - August 16, 2016

Topics

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I'm bound to fail when I write in Italian, but unlike my sense of failure in the past, this doesn't torment or grieve me.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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People ask me where I want to go next, and I don't want to go anywhere.

Michael Frome

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I love my pets, and I'm a big animal lover. I also enjoy the nature and countryside.

Amy Jackson

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Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America.

Mitt Romney

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I'm the Folk Implosion's biggest fan.

Lou Barlow

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I have always been an obsessive reader - I remember going back and forth to the local library with stacks of books taller than I was.

Lisa Kleypas

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Sometimes I feel that in religious content, religious drama, it's almost told like a tale, like an account of facts, and in 'A.D. The Bible Continues,' it's drama, it's real drama that we like to see on TV today, seeing the characters struggle and doubt and be completely in conflict with each other, kind of like 'House of Cards.'

Juan Pablo Di Pace

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What I really tried to do with Helen was make her show this sad side of her. She was married off at 16, was so young and living in this castle that can't leave because of how she looks, and married to a man she hates and three times her age.

Diane Kruger

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'Ranjhana' and 'Shamitabh' really gave me a wider exposure to Hindi-speaking audience.

Dhanush

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If you can sell that you're the King of Scotland, or Henry V on a tiny stage in a studio theater somewhere, then you can probably sell that you're a starship captain or a time traveler.

David Tennant

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I've made movies that I thought were okay, but then I was very good. And sometimes you're in a movie and you think, 'I wish more people saw that' - because you're good. And it just works out that the movie gets lost. But that's show business.

Christopher Walken

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Dancing - however you do it, even if it's in your living room - is a great workout.

Ciara

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