Stephen Kinzer Quotes

During the Cold War, America took sides not only in disputes between Arab countries, but also in debates within them.

Stephen Kinzer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 4, 1951

Topics

WarColdAmericaSidesWithinOnly

We understand that conglomerates have no future.

Joe Kaeser

FutureUnderstandNo Future

I always feel that crime films are about capitalism because it is a genre where it is perfectly acceptable for all the characters to be motivated by the desire for money. In some ways, the crime film is the most honest American film because it portrays Americans as I experience a lot of them, in Hollywood, as being very concerned with money.

Andrew Dominik

MoneyExperienceCapitalismAmerican

Social changes always involve trade-offs.

Stephanie Coontz

ChangesAlwaysSocialInvolve

If you want to walk me, walk me. But if I see something close to home plate, I want to swing.

Miguel Cabrera

HomeWalkMeYouWantSwing

When I was 12, my friend and I tried to sneak onto a plane from my hometown of Cleveland to New York City! My dad encouraged us - he was a wild guy, big on jokes.

Molly Shannon

FriendNew YorkCityHometownNew

I think people listen to whatever they think is good.

Josh Homme

GoodPeopleThinkListenWhatever

Smart development builds on a region's own skills, resources and local businesses. Dumb growth invites a big corporation in, surrenders control and profits to a distant headquarters, undercuts local manufacturers, and risks layoffs without warning.

Donella Meadows

GrowthSmartRisksControlDumbOwn

I quit drinking in 2002, mere months before my college graduation.

Chris Gethard

CollegeGraduationQuitDrinking

I won't say no to projects I believe in if there's a good story there.

Cobie Smulders

GoodBelieveStorySayI Believe

Social media is a superimposing place where people are usually bragging.

Brandon Stanton

Social MediaPeopleMediaPlace

Acting, for me, was kind of a way of survival, honestly. I'm the baby boy out of four different sisters, and I grew up in a house with so many different personalities that acting was the only way to not go to therapy.

Brian Tyree Henry

MeBabySurvivalHouseActingKind

I take them seriously but I try not to read them. I take them personally, that's why I don't read them. I think people are lying when they say they don't care, that's not true. I take them personally.

Antoine Fuqua

PeopleThinkCareSeriouslyTrue

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