Jon Meacham Quotes

Justified or not, the Supreme Court has a kind of sacred status in American life. For whatever reason, Presidents can safely run against Congress, and vice versa, but I think there is an inherent popular aversion to assaults on the court itself. Perhaps it has to do with an instinctive belief that life needs umpires.

Jon Meacham

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As for environmentalism, I'm only an environmentalist by accident. I live in New York, so I bike, and the closest grocery store to me sells organic produce. I also shop with a book bag because I ride a bike, and it's hard to carry the paper or plastic bags.

Jesse Eisenberg

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'Greek' is basically a show about sororities and fraternities. It follows Casey Cartwright, played by me, her younger brother, and all the people that are involved in their lives from the different fraternities.

Spencer Grammer

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Frank Lloyd Wright made houses right up until the end. I think that's important because it gives you a direct connection to all the basic aspects of architecture - the spatial energy of the place, the construction, the materials, the site, the detail.

Steven Holl

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For the next three years, we're going to see different economies work out different problems. For European economies, especially Greece, it would be through default.

Mohamed El-Erian

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I went to a radio station on Long Island in 1982, and thank goodness for me, it was so new that there was no receptionist. So the DJ opened up his booth, and took my tape and listened to it and thought it was a hit song.

Jon Bon Jovi

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Litigation solves everything.

Jon Cryer

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I get asked enough questions, I try not to ask too many questions.

Derek Jeter

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I love to do glamorous things, like wear Valentino.

Debra Messing

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I feel that if you are not comfortable, you can't be stylish, and that is the rule I follow.

Arjun Kapoor

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I had a romantic, 'Aren't I a good girl?' take on divorce, but the truth is that was stupid.

Ali MacGraw

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We have to understand that we want to pay the farmers the real price for the food that they produce. It won't ever be cheap to buy real food. But it can be affordable. It's really something that we need to understand. It's the kind of work that it takes to grow food. We don't understand that piece of it.

Alice Waters

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If things work out for you as a team, then there are individual things that happen for you. But if you're not talented enough as a team, its hard for people to give you the recognition.

Scottie Pippen

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