James Q. Wilson Quotes

If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's no support for it in the Supreme Court and there's no support for it in public opinion.

James Q. Wilson

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After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands.

Maynard James Keenan

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There is a definite argument to be made that videogames are becoming an art form put together by artists of different types.

John Romero

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I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive.

Amy Sedaris

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Any actor will tell you, anybody in the public eye, that the tabloids are the worst kind of ramification of being a celebrity.

Tracey Gold

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Bill de Blasio is a very good friend. I remember bringing up a whole caravan of cars to help volunteer on his Public Advocate race.

Robby Mook

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Between 1999 and 2009, the people of Baltimore achieved the greatest reduction in crime of America's largest cities.

Martin O'Malley

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You write a novel by inventing a world and inventing the rules that govern that world. Then you break the rules when you want to.

Joshua Cohen

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Both grandfathers fought in different wars. My mother's father fought in World War II, and then my father's father fought in Korea. And they're both these country boys, one from rural Tennessee and one from rural Louisiana - and they never went back home.

Dee Rees

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That's kind of been my entire career, the stress and pressure.

Chauncey Billups

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I think a lot of people in television news look at the cable networks with great envy.

Chris Wallace

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My goal is that after I am dead and gone, I want people to remember me for the person I am.

Shilpa Shetty

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This is the kind of fashion I grew up on - a good pair of trainers, great denim - and I will always love high-end streetwear.

Tinie Tempah

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