Tina Brown Quotes

One phrase I would dearly like to consign to the can is 'Out of the Box.' The thinking that told us we should invade Iraq and that house prices never decline may have been out of the box, but it put us into the ditch. We have been badly misled by people who persuaded us that they understood things we didn't.

Tina Brown

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: editor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 21, 1953

Topics

PeopleThinkingHouseNeverBoxOut

I think the suicides in my first book came from the idea of growing up in Detroit. If you grow up in a city like that you feel everything is perishing, evanescent and going away very quickly.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.

Steve Yzerman

Do The Right ThingTeamRightAlways

I suppose I'm really interested in theatre that provides an intensity of experience on another level.

Simon McBurney

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I never wanted to be an actress. I am a martial arts fighter.

Ritika Singh

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What's fascinating about doing comedy about the referendum is, because it is the first time, it is the most extraordinary atmosphere. You find that if you are making jokes about politicians, it becomes intensely political.

Rory Bremner

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That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse effects for the market as a whole.

Ron Chernow

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I know for myself, and maybe I'm weird or whatever, but the whole thing is about constantly redefining identity.

Mike D

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Even rock stars are entitled to privacy.

Michael Novak

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You shouldn't say, 'Well, we cannot go there,' before we even had the conversation.

Lisa Murkowski

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When all else fails there's always delusion.

Conan O'Brien

AlwaysDelusionWhen All Else Fails

We can all be self-destructive. I make terrible choices all the time. It's uncomfortable to admit that you did a thing that was selfish and that you knew would hurt someone else.

Clare-Hope Ashitey

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I don't care how stylish something is if it doesn't flatter me.

Ali Larter

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