Rick Perlstein Quotes

The only times during my religious instruction I remember hearing God's name invoked with any sincere conviction at all was in the oft-repeated and breathtakingly chauvinistic claim that Israel's 'miraculous' military victories over much-stronger enemies proved that He was ever on Zion's side.

Rick Perlstein

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GodNameRememberMilitaryOver

People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading, and turning the pages.

Jerry B. Jenkins

PeopleReadingFindWantOutKeep

It's all about being comfortable, forgetting there's a microphone in front of you.

Anderson East

YouComfortableForgettingBeing

I have these accidents, these mistakes, these self-inflicted wounds, and then I tear my head to shreds about it for days.

John Mayer

MistakesAccidentsHeadDaysWounds

My life is going to continue to be public, and I just accept that.

Robert Knepper

LifeMy LifeAcceptGoingJust

'Taxi Driver' is a movie that changed my life and made me a serious actor. Scorsese and De Niro. I give credit for anything that I've ever done as an actor.

Michael Biehn

LifeMeMy LifeCreditSeriousDone

Memory has a spottiness, as if the film was sprinkled with developer instead of immersed in it.

John Updike

MemoryFilmImmersedDeveloper

'The Awakening' is meant to be listened to in its entirety. Every song ultimately explores a character dealing with life, making mistakes, fighting, trying. But we also live in a singles-type world, and it works on that level, too.

Sonny Sandoval

LifeLiveCharacterMistakesSong

It can be easy to buy into anything. I would lose focus if I went with that attitude of wanting to be famous.

Tristan MacManus

AttitudeFocusFamousEasyLoseBuy

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

Sholom Aleichem

RichPridePoorHungerUpSwell

I don't ever preach to people.

Tom Douglas

PeoplePreachEver

I'm drawn to singers who have something different to say vocally, and Adele would be in there.

Rob Halford

SaySomethingDifferentWouldWho

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

Rollo May

CourageAheadDespairAbsenceMove

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