Rick Perlstein Quotes

Watergate got us to think of leaders as mere mortals. America began to think of itself in a very different way - I would say a salutary way - and Reagan was most important in shifting the grand dynamic thrust of the American historical process by ending that.

Rick Perlstein

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EndingThinkAmericanAmericaSay

For those of us who consider ourselves political moderates, life is a dispiriting slog, a sorry mix of rectitude and ineptitude.

Joe Klein

LifeSorryPoliticalLife Is AUs

It's not easy for a film to tell a story of the experiences of an entire society. However, from an individual's perspective, it is possible to tell one aspect of an entire society's story.

Jiang Wen

PerspectiveSocietyStoryEasyTell

If teaching isn't rewarding and challenging, we're going to continue to lose our best teachers to work in other fields.

Michael Bennet

WorkBestLoseTeachersGoingOur

The one thing about me is that I keep my personal life away from my sporting life. And, when I am training for a fight, that is my focus.

Amir Khan

LifeFocusTrainingFightI AmMe

If I had an idea for a genius app, don't you think I would be getting it made immediately?

Amanda Crew

ThinkGeniusYouAppIdeaMade

I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting.

Martin Puryear

WorkCarvingNecessaryTraditional

I try to have a true line in every character I play.

Michael Trucco

CharacterPlayTrueTryLineEvery

I think we can all be divas, but as an actress, you can't only be the diva; that would be boring. But sometimes, perhaps, it's fun.

Monica Bellucci

FunThinkYouSometimesBoringDiva

I was babysitting the night High School Musical premiered last year. I watched with the kids and we sang along to the lyrics. I was making $12 an hour.

Monique Coleman

SchoolNightHigh SchoolYearHigh

While the most disadvantaged students - most often poor students of color - receive the most considerable academic benefits from attending diverse schools, research demonstrates that young people in general, regardless of their background, experience profound benefits from attending integrated schools.

Clint Smith

ExperiencePeopleResearchColor

I grew up in central Florida in the nineteen-sixties, barefoot half the time and running around the orange groves where my father worked. I remember flocks of white birds that would lift from the backs of cattle, disturbed by the jackhammers and bulldozers clearing land for Walt Disney World.

Anne Hull

FatherTimeBirdsWorldRemember

I am so stressed that my dentist told me I am grinding my teeth due to stress. So, every evening, I get shooting pain from my jaw to my head.

Alia Bhatt

StressPainI AmMeEveningTeeth

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