Richard Cohen Quotes

I agree that sometimes Michelle Obama can come across as angry - and anger is discomforting. We venerate that empty word, closure, wanting to seal off the pain of the past and refusing it admittance to the chirpy present. This, of course, is nonsense.

Richard Cohen

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PastPainAngerAngryPresentEmpty

New Orleans has these older orange lightbulbs, which are really gorgeous. But the main thing that stands out is actually the Superdome.

Jimmy Graham

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So when the only domestic social policy is tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthiest Americans, we say, 'Where is faith being put into action here?'

Jim Wallis

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My mom was always late. It drove me crazy as a child. So I'm always on time - or early.

Jodie Foster

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My father was an engineer and my mother was a social worker, and they met as young socialists. That probably tells you everything you need to know about my attitude to money - I've never really been bothered about it.

Jo Brand

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In everything I do, I want people to get the message of acceptance, to learn not to practice contempt without investigation. I have an obligation to do it.

Andrew Zimmern

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I've always done things my way.

Ann Demeulemeester

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I was not a very... um... not a very popular girl. I think a lot of it was, you know, no boo-hoo about it - but I looked pretty strange for the first few years of my life.

Trudie Styler

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The entire business world has figured out how to make huge buckets of money without hiring us to work for them.

Michael Moore

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I just am who I am.

Miranda Lambert

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Voter suppression is at the very core of the Trump re-election strategy.

Jason Kander

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No, my profile has leaped over recent years, so has my life experience, and I look forward to the next 30 years being even more rewarding and satisfying than the previous 60!

Jonathan King

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Joss Whedon, he is really hands-on, and he wants every character to have a life on and off screen.

Cobie Smulders

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