Rick Perlstein Quotes

I think that all politicians who aspire to the presidency are a little nuts, but for different reasons. What kind of person aspires to be the most powerful person in the world? The answer is someone with an internal drive that is so dynamic and so determined.

Rick Perlstein

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I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on.

Jim Lovell

GotOfficerLaterAstronautNaval

I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me.

Jerzy Kosinski

I AmMeHumanLittleMechanicalAct

I always sleep really well, particularly before a race, when the adrenaline's pumping.

Jenson Button

SleepRaceAlwaysWellAdrenaline

The price of self-empowerment is what I call it. Somebody who thinks outside the box.

Andrew McCarthy

PriceOutsideBoxCallSomebodyWho

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Robert Louis Stevenson

NothingForceMadeLastsBrute Force

Anyone who is seriously interested in me would usually do a little more homework and realise that the extreme criticisms are almost exclusively ideologically based.

Maurice Strong

MeHomeworkSeriouslyMoreLittle

Why don't we hear more about and from Asians when it comes to race in America? Are Asians the new Invisible Man - there but not there? In some ways, yeah. Blacks and whites are always carping about the metrics of racism. And any conversation about immigration reform is immediately flipped into a referendum on Hispanics.

John Ridley

ManRacismImmigrationAmericaNew

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.

Ambrose Bierce

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I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes.

Michelle Bachelet

StereotypesKindLike

I asked myself, 'What are you going to do with your life? Are you going to be like everyone else or are you going to do what's right?' I just made a decision. I said, 'It's time to grow up. It's time to start living for the Lord, do things the right way.' I accepted the Lord, and it changed my life.

Luke Scott

LifeTimeMyselfDecisionStartYou

There is no cure for emphysema, but you can start treating it and have a better quality of life.

Loni Anderson

LifeQualityStartBetterYouCure

Nudity is no big deal as a German. It's all rather normal and boring.

Juergen Teller

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