Michael Beschloss Quotes

From the beginning of the presidential nominating conventions in the 1830's really through the 1950's, you had conventions that actually did real business.

Michael Beschloss

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BusinessBeginningYouRealThrough

I never think, 'Where am I going to be in a year's time?' That seems to be a sure way of missing the fact that you might be quite happy now.

Jo Brand

TimeHappyThinkYearYouWay

Drones ply the liminal space between the physical and the digital - pilots fly them, but aren't in them. They are versatile and fascinating objects - the things they can do range from the mundane (aerial photography) to the spectacular - killing people, for example.

John Battelle

SpacePeopleFlyPhotographyDigital

I've played the clarinet since I was a kid. I love to sing, but I'm not much of a singer. Let's say that when it comes to vocalizing, I have the soul of Billy Bigelow but the voice of Jigger Cragan.

Stephen Lang

LoveSoulVoiceSayKidSinger

The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we've ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people into space.

Robert Crippen

SpacePeopleBeenSpace ShuttleEver

In case anyone needs reminding, it was the relentless drive of the tourism industry and kowtowing State Department bureaucrats that led to the Bush-era Visa Express Program, which relaxed visa policies, eliminated in-person consulate interviews and opened the door to the 9/11 hijackers.

Michelle Malkin

DoorDriveRelentlessIndustryNeeds

I was a quiet kid - I didn't think I needed to be the funniest guy. I was always more of a listener. I went to 12 different schools, and I wasn't the charismatic dude, but I was captain of the track team and wrestling team.

Michael Pena

TeamThinkQuietCaptainWrestling

Despite what you hear in the news from the Obama administration and the military, our strategy of conducting infrequent airstrikes and re-taking pockets of Iraq and Syria terrain will only help us achieve short-lived tactical victories.

Michael T. Flynn

StrategyHelpYouAchieveNewsWill

I remember when I was in 'Matilda,' we would have interviews in the day, and then we'd go to a show, and it's just, like, absolutely insane.

Milly Shapiro

DayRememberGoShowJustInsane

It's not always about gold medals, I think. It has to be about development, and we are missing that in U.K. at the moment.

Lizzie Armitstead

MomentGoldThinkDevelopmentMedals

If you want to compete in bioinformatics, first you need to compete for really smart people. You need really smart people who understand how to manipulate nanomolecules.

Juan Enriquez

SmartPeopleYouWantUnderstand

Yoga is not a religion to me.

Christy Turlington

ReligionMeYoga

Raffi doesn't have any grand theories about why his music has been so successful, but he credits a group called the Babysitters as early inspiration.

Sheila Heti

MusicEarlyGroupWhyInspiration

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