Amity Shlaes Quotes

Politicians generally act as if there is no cost to reconnecting with voters by building new New Deals. But the whole exercise of writing law out of New Deal nostalgia is a form of national narcissism. Call it New Deal narcissism.

Amity Shlaes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1960

Topics

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My sexuality, in terms of 'Strictly' or whatever else I do in my life, ought to be as irrelevant as the length of my big toe.

Robert Rinder

LifeMy LifeWhateverSexualityBig

The overwhelming majority of Muslims in this country and overseas are peaceful, law-abiding citizens. However, a small number of Muslims are members of fundamentalist sects sworn to the destruction of the United States.

Robert Mueller

SmallPeacefulCountryDestruction

In school, my favourite class was when we were given a subject for an essay on which we could freewheel. And poetry: I've always written it and loved the way words interact, in meaning and in sound.

Stephen Hough

WordsSchoolPoetryLovedMeaning

I think I was first choice for the part. I don't know - that's what they always tell you anyway. I didn't have to do any audition for the part. Sam saw me in Dinner and the whole thing slipped into place.

Louise Jameson

MeDinnerThinkYouChoicePlace

Don't forget, I'm 39. I didn't come here just for the money to impress myself. I'm not saying I am going to be dominating. I'm not saying I'm going to be good. But I can promise you I will do all the right things to play.

Jaromir Jagr

GoodMyselfMoneyI AmSayingYou

Now, what produces a want of demand? A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce.

Joseph Hume

NowWantTakeDemandOtherRefusal

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Joseph Joubert

LearningImaginationFeetWingsWho

Being part of 'Natural Nylon' is a great way to have an influence on the films that get out there. I love films and it gives me an input.

Jonny Lee Miller

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I like the tournaments at home. The crowd is always behind you.

Dominic Thiem

HomeYouAlwaysCrowdBehindLike

I love boats. Anything that runs, anything mechanical. It's my God-given passion in life.

Dennis Washington

LifeLovePassionAnythingBoats

There are two sides, at least, to most political questions, and a politician's impulse may be to believe that the same holds true for science. Certainly, there are disputes in science. But on the question of climate change, the divide is stark.

Christine Todd Whitman

ChangeScienceBelievePolitical

A people cannot exist if there is no social solidarity.

Ariel Sharon

PeopleSolidaritySocialExist

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