Rick Perlstein Quotes

When you're a writer, you never know which of your pieces are going to gain a toehold and which will not, and it's best not to care too much.

Rick Perlstein

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BestCareYouToo MuchKnowNever

I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.

John Bolton

BelievePolicyForeign PolicyMuch

Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear.

Andrew Motion

FearLightMeHillsEvenTonight

I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun.

Matt Groening

GunBe CarefulGotCareful

I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that, to be honest.

Micky Dolenz

NeverAwardsAnythingHonestBeen

If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk.

Joshua Lederberg

SocietyThinkRiskSingleImagine

The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history - the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled.

Josiah Strong

HistoryTimeCompetitionWorldNew

Anything that does not draw us closer to God takes us away from Him.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

GodHimAnythingAwayUsCloser

I took up acting upon the insistence of my filmmaker father, Kasthuri Raja. But I am glad for it: sometimes one identifies one's calling; sometimes it singles one out.

Dhanush

FatherI AmActingSometimesOutUp

I want to drive down health care costs.

Chris Gibson

HealthDriveCareDownWantCosts

I don't exactly fit well in leather pants, so I don't rock that look. I lost my hair a long time ago, so no hair-metal look, either. I had hair down to my belly button at one point, but I think that was the '90s.

Brian Posehn

TimeHairThinkLongLookDown

I don't need to be on the cover of 'Maxim.' But I want to feel good, and I do.

Arden Myrin

GoodFeel GoodFeelWantNeedCover

I don't spend the whole off-season in Venezuela. I spend a couple of weeks in Cleveland, go to Florida, take my son to Disney World. But I still have my home, and my whole family lives in Venezuela.

Asdrubal Cabrera

FamilyHomeSonWorldGoFlorida

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