Tom Wolfe Quotes

Vietnam was really an idealistic thing to stop the spread of communism, which, incidentally, it did. It was a pretty costly way to do it, but it achieved its goal.

Tom Wolfe

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CommunismGoalStopWaySpreadDid

If our society was a lot wealthier, I think we'd also probably have better education systems - this is pretty intuitive, I think, to make as a claim.

Joe Lonsdale

EducationSocietyThinkBetterClaim

A lot of period pieces we see are adaptations of novels - we always know the story.

Joanne Froggatt

StoryKnowAlwaysSeePiecesPeriod

People in Cuba are victims.

Joe Garcia

PeopleCubaVictims

I didn't want people to think of me as someone who wasn't impressed with a silver medal, because obviously that's a huge accomplishment, and I was so happy. It was more about me just being not impressed with falling at the Olympics in my last event.

McKayla Maroney

HappyPeopleMeAccomplishmentThink

No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.

Robert Peel

OpinionStandAgainstPublic Opinion

The long conflict between Israel and Palestine has, for better or worse, become the world's conflict. It permanently destabilizes the Middle East, blocks the settlement of urgent crises, and intensifies looming threats to the West.

Stephen Kinzer

ConflictWorldBetterLongBecome

At school I was very shy. I wasn't funny really.

Michel Gondry

FunnySchoolShyVeryReally

I'm quite surprised at how out of control I can be on stage because, actually, I find I like to be in control in life. It's quite freeing, really.

Michelle Dockery

LifeControlFindI CanStageOut

People have become so much more obsessed with the stories behind their food. When we go the market to buy bacon, we want to know where that pig came from and what processes were involved in getting it to us.

Michael Paterniti

FoodPeoplePigKnowWantBecome

The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing; that makes the arm stronger.

Juan Marichal

StrongerYouWayPitchingOnlyArms

I'm that weird guy; I hate being told what to do.

Jason Winston George

HateWeirdGuyBeing

I didn't sleep much in the summer of '98. Was getting ready to move to New York City. Start a band. That was a madman's summer. A summer of change.

Josh Malerman

ChangeSleepNew YorkCityStart

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