Bret Stephens Quotes

It's easy to deprecate some of the puffery and jingoism that often go with affirmations of 'American greatness.' It's also easy to confuse greatness with perfection, as if evidence of our shortcomings is proof of our mediocrity.

Bret Stephens

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Aging nations have arteries clogged with obsolete laws, slowing blood flow and preventing oxygen from reaching all parts of the body politic. Physicians call this arteriosclerosis; historians see decline of empire.

Jim Cooper

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What I do for Make-A-Wish is I make children and families that are up against some pretty tough circumstances, I let them come into our WWE universe, and I do my best to make them feel good. I've seen a lot of kids and a lot of families happy, and I think people are going to watch 'American Grit' and have emotional moments.

John Cena

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So many people ask me, 'Do you like 'Departed?' I say, '50/50.'

Andrew Lau

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I'm working hard. I'm putting in the hard work. I'm sacrificing. I ain't asking for no handouts. I'm going to earn everything I'm given.

Max Holloway

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I've loved hip-hop all of my life, but there came a time in my life when my entire life had a shift: where, before, I was just kind of going to church every now and then; then, there was an actual change, where I actually understood who Jesus was, actually understood the message of the Gospel, and my entire life changed.

Trip Lee

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The president of the United States is a pretty important position, and it's the ideas and policies that matter to me, not the color of their skin.

Rush Limbaugh

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I think that the CEO is responsible for setting the vision, for articulating the mission, and for building a team of powerful evangelists that share that mission and that passion, because no one person can do anything by themselves.

Mindy Grossman

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High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

Douglas Coupland

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Win or lose, I've been fortunate to be able to pitch deep enough into games to get decisions.

Dontrelle Willis

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Religious humor is not really my area, so I probably wouldn't do anything about that, or politics or something.

Chris Lilley

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I graduated. I did History of Art, you know, all those things - American Studies - and then I went to art school, and I did Joseph Alvarez in the art school.

Peter Beard

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Running a government as chief minister and managing affairs of the nation are different things.

Sharad Pawar

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