Joseph J. Ellis Quotes

It is as if Clinton had called one of the most respected character witnesses in all of U.S. history to testify that the primal urge has a most distinguished presidential pedigree.

Joseph J. Ellis

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If you write for somebody that you know, then your job is so much easier.

Jessica St. Clair

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I keep saying this, but the most important part of directing is casting, and the rest of it is pretty easy.

Max Winkler

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My children haven't even seen most of my movies.

Andie MacDowell

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An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.

John Locke

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I dropped out of college for the last time in 1977.

John Mackey

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I figured most of the best actors around 20 years old would all be at drama school, where they're tied up and contractually can't work, so I saw there must be a gap in the market for a young actor like me.

Matt Milne

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Since Franklin Roosevelt's leadership in setting up the United Nations and the Nuremberg trials, the U.S. has promoted universal legal norms and the institutions to enforce them while seeking, by hook or by crook, to exempt American citizens, especially soldiers, from their actual application.

Michael Ignatieff

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Even before the world had any cognizance of India as an economy, HCL had made a mark with its microprocessor in the '80s. HCL pioneered modern computing.

Shiv Nadar

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I have done some things that I'm very proud of. I don't think you can say any more than that, really.

Robin Trower

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We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of life's pilgrimage.

Michael Shermer

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I like talking. I like acting.

Denzel Washington

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You have to talk about mistakes and then talk about what you have learned and how to move forward. You acknowledge missteps right away, you deal with them, and you move ahead.

Douglas Conant

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