Bret Stephens Quotes

The American birthright belongs, potentially, to everyone. This is unprecedented. Other countries accept migrants on the basis of economic necessity or as a humanitarian gesture. Only in America is it the direct consequence of our foundational ideals.

Bret Stephens

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My grade 3 teacher put on a kids' Christmas concert, and I played the kazoo, so my mother bought me a trumpet. I took lessons for eight years, was in the Kitsilano Boys Band, and I played in the Vancouver Junior Symphony for two years.

Jim Pattison

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Looking at younger artists, like Varda Caivano and Kerstin Bratsch, I see that their work has something in common that is new to my generation. There's an effort to value the evidence of the hand and the handmade thing while also acknowledging the way in which the making of things with hands has such a complex, alienated place in our culture.

Jessica Stockholder

WorkCultureValueEffortLooking

God bless Neymar because this boy has changed the lives of kids in Brazil. A lot of children watch him, believe they can be the next Neymar. Sometimes, you have a great opportunity to change and impact the lives of kids.

Anderson Silva

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'Cars' is a really personal story for me because, first of all, I grew up in Los Angeles - the car crazy capital.

John Lasseter

CarMeCrazyStoryPersonalFirst

While working in a group is great, on-set especially, it means you just don't get to see the characters one-on-one.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

GreatYouGroupSeeWorkingGet

One of the lessons from Sept. 11 is that America requires a long-term presence in those parts of the world that endanger us. This notion has become controversial, but frankly, the need could not be clearer.

Rudy Giuliani

WorldAmericaBecomeNeedPresence

For me, if I were to be at home in any kind of style, it is more comedy than anything else.

Rufus Sewell

HomeStyleMeComedyKindMore

There is so much focus on being self-sufficient, and it makes it very difficult to ask for things. I've been crippled by this notion of high-functioning self-sufficiency. And I see it a lot in younger girls. Asking for help brings people closer in a way that I suspected but didn't actually put into practice.

Mary H.K. Choi

FocusPracticePeopleHelpWaySee

Oddly enough, Asians are a much smaller 'minority' than African Americans in this country. But because Asians are so successful, college admission officers don't feel sorry for them, so they are not a preferred 'minority.'

Mike Gallagher

CollegeSorryFeelEnoughCountry

It is a truth universally acknowledged, in the enlightened liberal semi-socialist California circles in which I often move, that Uber is evil.

Jon Evans

TruthEvilCaliforniaCirclesMove

The web site and the Internet are a whole new ball game.

Johnny Rivers

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I'd rather do one day on a really cool movie than six months on something crap.

Domhnall Gleeson

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