Kingman Brewster, Jr. Quotes

If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.

Kingman Brewster, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 17, 1919 - November 8, 1988

Topics

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People try to keep their past, like kind of holding on to their past. Every Springsteen song talks about that.

John Cusack

PastPeopleSongKindTryKeep

When you grow up Jewish, you are exposed at a very young age to the phenomenon of anti-Semitism and its extreme manifestation in the Holocaust. I spent a lot of time as a little kid wondering how something like that could happen.

Max Joseph

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My family lives there, so I come back sometimes between shows for a couple days. I get back a couple times a year. When I was 30 to 34 I was weirded out when I came back - you know, how your past gets away from you. It's grown so much.

Matthew Sweet

FamilyPastYearYouBackSometimes

Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties.

Stephen F. Lynch

AmericanPolicyWorkersTradeWell

Tradition has it that whenever a group of people has tasted the lovely fruits of wealth, security, and prestige, it begins to find it more comfortable to believe in the obvious lie and accept that it alone is entitled to privilege.

Steven Biko

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Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.

Ritchie Blackmore

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I didn't want to raise my kids in this weird, sycophantic society. If you have celebrity parents, it's not a good recipe for the kids, or anyone at any age.

Robin Wright

GoodAgeParentsSocietyWeirdYou

I never think I want to try to be funny. And humor, if there is anything funny, should come from a real place.

Molly Shannon

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I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country.

Christopher Dodd

GreatPrideCountryLivedTakeFact

When I was president, I worked hard to give you more peace and shared prosperity, to give you an America where nobody is invisible or counted out. But for this time, Hillary is uniquely qualified to seize the opportunities and reduce the risks we face. And she is still the best darn change-maker I have ever known.

William J. Clinton

TimeBestPeaceRisksOpportunities

Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy.

William Greider

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The average American teenager sends or receives 75 text messages a day, though one girl in Sacramento managed to handle an average of 10,000 every 24 hours for a month.

Pico Iyer

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