Timothy Noah Quotes

The problem with wanting the tax code to be 'simpler, fairer,' and 'pro-growth' is that it's impossible to achieve all three at the same time.

Timothy Noah

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TimeImpossibleProblemAchieveTax

Doing a truncated series is like doing a long movie, which allows for a certain artistic freedom. After just 12 episodes, you can take a breather and do other things for your career.

Jimmy Smits

FreedomDoingLongYouCareerTake

I will use my position as chairman emeritus on the Energy and Commerce Committee to try to bring some common sense to EPA regulations.

Joe Barton

EnergyCommon SenseWillTryBring

I think the fact that my parents weren't conventional - especially considering their position - had a big influence on the way that I conduct myself now in design and business. It had a huge impact on my wanting to do something a bit more than just designing a pretty dress and putting it on a runway and making it glamorous.

Stella McCartney

BusinessMyselfDressParentsThink

I'm not the athlete I was when I was training for the Olympics in '92 or when I was working out every single day. I have to live in moderation: I work out three or four days a week, and I smile while I'm working out - I really do enjoy it. I work out with my girlfriends and make it a social competition.

Summer Sanders

WorkSmileLiveDayTrainingEnjoy

We all know that Kim Jong-il is 'buy-yourself-a-handgun' crazy. It's pretty much a given.

Steven Crowder

CrazyKnowPrettyMuchGivenKim

Everyone sees something different in 'Endgame': a biblical apocalypse, a portrait of painful co-dependency, a confession of guilt and dignity in the face of death, a night of baffling hopelessness, a meaningless babble. Each interpretation reveals an absurd truth - not about the play, but about the person watching it.

Simon McBurney

TruthDeathNightFacePortrait

Even though I design my own jewelry, one of the great things about my job is being able to bring in really talented collaborators.

Monika Chiang

GreatJobJewelryDesignMy OwnOwn

Right when I started touring, there was this wariness I had of the world outside of my small town. But I'm not that person anymore, and I was never completely that person.

Jason Isbell

WorldSmallSmall TownPersonNever

It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies.

Jon Landau

GreatMoviesMatterDirectorMayHe

It's a story about victory that will touch the lives of everyone who watches it. It's powerful.

Derek Luke

VictoryStoryWatchesPowerfulWill

Working in front of the camera keeps me alive.

Chow Yun-Fat

MeCameraAliveWorkingFrontKeeps

I want to look at life - at the commonplaces of existence - as if we had just turned a corner and run into it for the first time.

Christopher Fry

LifeTimeLookWantRunFirst Time

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