Bret Stephens Quotes

It's normal that elections make fierce partisans of many of us. It's normal that Mr. Trump would attract the usual right-wing buffoons to his banners. Normal, also, is that many voters may not be troubled by Mr. Trump's cruder statements when they hear him addressing their deepest economic and social anxieties.

Bret Stephens

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I'm a great believer in not sitting around waiting for the right part to come around, but jumping in and building it for yourself.

Joel Edgerton

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I found in my experiences that it's not that men are consciously discriminating against promoting women, but I do believe as people we have self-images about what's good.

Sonia Sotomayor

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The first Friday of every month is what we call Numbers Day - it's the day that the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the monthly jobs report. We have a ritual at the Labor Department - at 8 A.M., we gather around a table in my office, and the commissioner of labor statistics briefs me and the department's senior leadership on the numbers.

Tom Perez

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When you talk about aiding this country against that country or about fighting terrorism, when you actually take that decision and strip it down, it always comes down to one person in the field giving specialized training to somebody else in the field.

Robert D. Kaplan

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I think, back in the '80s when I was having hits all the time, I took it for granted.

Rodney Crowell

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I'm starting to feel like so much of rock music is derivative and boring.

Mary Timony

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The stupendous time spans of the evolutionary past are now part of common culture (though maybe not in the United States Bible Belt, nor in parts of the Islamic world). Most people are at ease with the idea that our present biosphere is the outcome of four billion years of Darwinian evolution.

Martin Rees

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Jack wasn't my type at all. I thought he was too young and too posh, and I told him that. Plus, I couldn't deal with his dodgy bowl-cut. But he wore me down.

Michelle Gomez

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The old joke was Mitch Leigh, land baron, barren land.

Mitch Leigh

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If I could get any animal it would be a dolphin. I want one so bad. Me and my mom went swimming with dolphins and I was like, 'How do we get one of those?' and she was like, 'You can't get a dolphin. What are you gonna do, like, put it in your pool?'

Miley Cyrus

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I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.

Don Henley

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The sole purpose of nuclear weapons must be to deter their use by others.

Dianne Feinstein

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