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Mark Leibovich Quotes

When you live in Washington, D.C., you do get a sense, in a very direct way, of the durability of our government and really, the greatness of the American system.

Mark Leibovich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 9, 1965

Topics

Live Government Greatness American

In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures.

Jeffery Deaver

Words People More Books Who Than

Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease.

Roger Moore

I Am Violence Poverty Never Seems

I am not hugely famous; I am not a name. For me, it's not the size of the role, it's the material and the people you are working with.

Ruth Negga

I Am People Me Name Famous You

I always had a fetish for fighting big peoples. My dad put me in the ring with much bigger guys. In my first fight, I gave the guy a 14-pound advantage.

Roy Jones Jr.

Fight Me Fighting Ring First Always

And during my college, at the end of the junior year I worked in a mine.

Rube Goldberg

College End Year Mine Junior Worked

People think: 'If this photographer's looking like a big jerk-off, maybe it's okay if I do.' I like to catch my subjects off balance a bit.

Mick Rock

Balance People Looking Think Okay

I have been blessed with some incredible compositions to record and perform and all of my songs have had the ability to grow as I and those who have supported this career of mine for these 50 years have.

Dionne Warwick

Blessed Grow Career Ability Years

I got the chance to be the secretary of state; I'm an international relations specialist. It doesn't get better than that.

Condoleezza Rice

Chance Better Got Get State Than

Too many people I've loved dearly have left this earth. And some I've lost are still here breathing the same air. That grief can be comparable if not worse in its consumption.

Aunjanue Ellis

Grief People Loved Earth Lost Air

Here's the bottom line: I can't play someone if I can't figure out what he cares about. Everybody cares about something, even a rough character. It defines where we step in life. As soon as you find out what somebody cares about, then it all gets real.

William Fichtner

Life Character Step Someone You Out

It takes a long time to get good at something, so it's important to begin as early as possible so that we can improve and begin to see the compounding benefits of the work over time.

Priscilla Chan

Succeed You Bad Things Happen Kid

I kind of have never thought about a career path, which is an unusual approach.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Path Thought Career Kind Never