Susan Orlean Quotes

Most fourth graders can't say why Abraham Lincoln is an important historical figure? Wow. This is far more distressing than if the news had been that fourth graders were bad at reciting multiplication tables, because you can, in fact, Google that.

Susan Orlean

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In Washington, I'll always support military families and help veterans make the transition home, not just as your congressman but as a proud Army mom.

Ann Callis

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I'm always theoretically opposed to capital punishment as a matter of policy; like, I don't believe a state should put its citizens to death.

Michael Finkel

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If you look at America, which was the experiment of the smallest conceivable government, what grows out of that is the largest government the world has ever seen.

Stefan Molyneux

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I had a great job with the railroad, a good salary.

Sturgill Simpson

GoodGreatJobRailroadSalaryHad

I was supposed to be too short to play college volleyball.

Summer Altice

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I guess I don't have the cut-throat ambition that some other actresses have. I don't know how good that is for my career, but I know how good that is for me as a person. And to me, that's much more important.

Summer Phoenix

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Pat Buchanan likes to fight. But only on TV.

Tucker Carlson

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I have forgiven those who were persecuting me.

Roy Bennett

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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.

Michel de Montaigne

I AmSearchKnowWellAmFleeing

Growing up, I stayed in a child's place. My father was murdered when I was 20. I was a model and never had a real job and my parents took care of me.

LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

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The more we can purge ourselves of the diseases we create the more we can become magnificent people.

Judith Light

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If I've done anything intentional about my career, is that I really have not - I've chosen to try to do as many different types of things as possible. That's really what I like to do.

Dennis Quaid

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