Jeff Greenfield Quotes

Remember, the first presidential candidate to reject public financing for both the primary and general election was... Barack Obama, in 2008. He did it, in spite of a flat pledge to the contrary, because his campaign saw that it could vastly outspend John McCain.

Jeff Greenfield

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People would beat me up after school; they would throw names at me. Children are brutal... Being different when you're a child is always a challenge.

Joanne Liu

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I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.

Maurice Sendak

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I've got a love affair with Harley-Davidson. One of my earliest photos with my dad is of him holding me as a baby on his bike.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom.

Michael Chang

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Some people will talk about how Afghanistan has improved, but they're really just talking about the cities. In the countryside where the war has been fought, it's really not that much better than it was in 2001.

Anand Gopal

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I didn't want to be a retailer. I hated to wait on people.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

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The '80s definitely influence my music in a big way.

St. Lucia

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A film's success or failure is strictly on the director's shoulders.

Robin Tunney

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I didn't get where I am today by worryin' about how I'd feel tomorrow.

Ron White

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I never see my movies. When they're on television, I click them away. Hollywood created an image, and I long ago reconciled myself with it. I was the French cliche.

Louis Jourdan

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Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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Everyone's supposed to stay in their lines and be neat. 'You're a rapper. You're supposed to rap, carry a boom box, wear chains, and go to the club - that's all you do. What are you doing collecting art? What are you talking about? Wait a minute, you're getting out of the zone.' People hate when people cross lines.

Jay-Z

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