Bret Stephens Quotes

I get if you're a conservative, and you're saying, I don't know, 'Government shouldn't be mandating what's taught in classrooms,' or, 'Government is too intrusive in our economic life,' well, that's standard conservatism.

Bret Stephens

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I wanted to do screenwriting. That's what I went to school for, but my major was overfilled, and when I got 'The Daily Show', I was a semester away from officially starting my major, so I never started that in particular.

Jessica Williams

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Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.

Jill Abramson

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When writing about Edinburgh, I place my characters in the parts of the city that I myself have lived in, or else know well, those being the Southside, Marchmont in particular, where I lived as a student, and the New Town/Stockbridge area where I live now and have done for the past 30 years.

Joan Lingard

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We've changed in the sense that we flipped - and this is no longer the Republican party of Lincoln. This is the party of suppression.

Andrew Young

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I'd say the real turn in my career came when I did the Dolce & Gabbana International Ad Campaign playing Madonna's son, which was just an incredible experience and I still can't believe actually happened.

Max Schneider

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I used to take pride if my kids were playing basketball, and I'd be there, and I wouldn't say anything. People were obviously expecting me to yell and scream at the ref and at them and everything. I wouldn't say anything.

John McEnroe

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Writing a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task.

Michael Arndt

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Basketball, man: it is a land of giants.

Amar'e Stoudemire

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I love hip-hop. I have gone through many difference phases in my love affair with hip-hop.

Solange Knowles

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I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will always be a great inspiration for somebody to try to create jazz.

Sonny Rollins

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I have always been an obsessive reader - I remember going back and forth to the local library with stacks of books taller than I was.

Lisa Kleypas

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Our first use of cash is invested organically, secondly returning values our shareholders - roughly 100 percent free cash flow. And then thirdly, mergers, acquisitions, partnerships that complement our organic strategy. We are going to continue down that path.

Dennis Muilenburg

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