Greg Grandin Quotes

In particular, Kissinger was a key player during a transformative period of the imperial presidency, in the 1960s and '70s, when the Vietnam War undermined the traditional foundations on which it had stood since the early years of the Cold War: elite planning, bipartisan consensus, and public support.

Greg Grandin

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The frustration of the Senate is that it's slow. It looks like an aquarium.

Jim Webb

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Hunted for sport by the rich, then driven from large tracts of its natural habitat by agricultural and housing development, the giant panda deserves better than to be scrubbed from conservation's ledger books through false accounting.

John Burnside

AccountingRichBetterDevelopment

We insist that ours is a government of laws, not men, but it is striking how often large historical forces pivot on something so unpredictable as the continued good health of a politician.

Michael Beschloss

GoodGood HealthHealthMenLaws

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.

John Updike

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Trust your instincts: they tend to see you right. By listening to them, at least you can sleep at night.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

TrustSleepListeningNightYouSee

I do feel like I have a lot more confidence now. I can shot list the episode before I start, but then, as things happen on set, I know how to adjust so I can still execute the scene completely, and I still know how to make my days.

Shiri Appleby

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My philosophy was always try to look like Whitney Houston at all times. That did not work out so well.

Shonda Rhimes

WorkPhilosophyLookTryHouston

I felt sidelined by the industry, by the preoccupation with finding something newer, younger.

Tori Amos

FindingIndustrySomethingYounger

As a husband and a father of two daughters, I want young women around the globe to have the same rights and opportunities as my daughters.

Mike Quigley

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I'm a keen traveller, and I'm a nerd with planes and airports.

Michael Landes

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Europe is dying. That is one of the unsayable truths of our time. We are undergoing the moral equivalent of climate change and no one is talking about it.

Jonathan Sacks

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Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.

Claude Debussy

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