Timothy Noah Quotes

To argue that universal health care would wreck the U.S. lead in cancer survival, you'd have to argue that universal health care would wreck the entire U.S. economy.

Timothy Noah

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I've gone through a whole series of careers where something started as a hobby of some kind. Almost everything I've been paid to do was something that was largely self-taught.

John Knoll

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With 'Black Rain,' I spent a lot of time with homicide detectives, and I spent a lot of time with different brokers on 'Wall Street.' It helps get the rhythm of the piece and the tone, and how overplayed or underplayed it might be. That's also the magic of movies: You get to hang out and live these different lives.

Michael Douglas

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That's the thing I love the most - making records and creating new things. That's always the thing that grabbed me. Making records is the thing that I really love.

Shooter Jennings

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My dad and I are best friends. He's pretty much responsible for the way I turned out. He would provide a little artistic inspiration here and there in the form of a guitar, stuff like that.

Trent Reznor

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Sketch shows change gears so drastically every two minutes. I think sketch shows are for sketch fans; they're not really for everybody.

Robert Ben Garant

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I've written 26 books and novellas as Molly O'Keefe. I moved through three different Harlequin lines and into single-title romance with Bantam writing under that name. Fun fact: It's not my name, and it's not even one I picked.

Molly O'Keefe

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If only I'd stayed on the West Coast, I might have made something of myself.

Mitch Kapor

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I need to get better as a player, I need to get fitter, and I need to get better on the mental side. It's exciting for me, because there's so much I could do better. I don't feel like I've really maxed out any shot. People talk about my serve, but I think that can even get better.

Milos Raonic

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Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression.

Jonathan Sacks

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Not everybody has the chance to grow up on an island.

Dimitri Payet

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I've always believed that a goal in life is not to own a boat but have a friend with a boat.

Christie Hefner

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Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won't solve the problem.

Brent Scowcroft

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