Martin Jacques Quotes

9/11 was a hugely overblown event that only assumed its overarching importance a) because it was done to the United States and b) because of the way the U.S. reacted.

Martin Jacques

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DoneWayUnitedEventBecauseOnly

This is the U.S.A., and it's the most glorious place to live in the world.

Megyn Kelly

LiveWorldPlaceGloriousMost

Tony, Stacy and Jay really looked at life completely different and that played into everything that they did, whether it was skating or with their friendships. And for the three of us, we had such a close relationship off screen, that it was so easy to have that on screen.

John Robinson

LifeRelationshipEasyThreeSkating

And if you are playing in several meters at once, there has to be a - not a rigid - but there definitely has to be a reference to a common pulse in the band.

Robert Fripp

YouBandPlayingCommonOnceRigid

What's gratifying about West Wing is that everybody told us that it couldn't be done - that the man or woman on the street didn't care about politics. But if you set things up correctly, people don't have a problem with it.

Rob Lowe

PoliticsWomanManPeopleCareYou

When something is presented as an existential threat, it is very easy to scare the Israelis.

Ronen Bergman

EasyExistentialSomethingThreat

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It was created as a mystery.

Don DeLillo

MysteryYouWayTrySomething

I loved everything, but it was Kanye West who really changed everything for me.

Jon Bellion

MeLovedEverythingWestChanged

When I was a kid in junior high, I had an assignment to discuss how to rescue poor people in India. I remember my teacher at the time considered it an impossible problem. Now, we're not talking that way anymore. We're sure not talking about that for China. They're rescuing themselves thanks to globalization.

Chrystia Freeland

TeacherTimePeopleImpossibleIndia

David Alaba has a very good left foot. He's scored some good goals and free kicks.

Arjen Robben

GoodGoalsFreeLeftFootKicks

Caste is about dividing people up in ways that preclude every form of solidarity, because even in the lowest castes, there are divisions and sub-castes, and everyone's co-opted into the business of this hierarchical, silo-ised society.

Arundhati Roy

BusinessPeopleSocietySolidarity

After the scarlet fever and the whooping cough, I remember I started to get mad about it all... I went through the stage of asking myself, 'Wilma, what is this existence all about? Is it about being sick all the time? It can't be.' So I started getting angry about things, fighting back in a new way with a vengeance.

Wilma Rudolph

TimeMyselfAngrySickFightingMad

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

Plato

GoodWillMasterServantWhoHe

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