George Packer Quotes

I've been interested in American politics since I was eight. That was in 1968. It was an interesting year. I was a huge Eugene McCarthy supporter, so I guess he was the first senator I really knew about and cared about.

George Packer

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What I did was I completed the half-hour film, but before really showing it, I wrote two more sections for a potential feature film which I didn't think would really happen, but at least I had it in case.

Jim Jarmusch

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Books should have a purpose. Books should be practical in some sense.

Jesse Ball

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When I first worked in Zimbabwe, I was a complete novice. I was doing a study, and I continued to learn more and more through the years. And where I have learned most is in the village, from the communities.

Ann Cotton

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I was a hyper little kid.

Alyssa Edwards

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I live in Indiana and teach at Purdue University, a wonderful school with some of the brightest students I have ever had the privilege of working with. My colleagues are powerful and intelligent and kind. The cost of living is low, the prairie is wide, and on clear nights, I can see all the stars in the sky above.

Roxane Gay

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But as an actor you do want to challenge yourself and step outside what you have done in the past and that what I like to do, I like to jump around and try different things and stretch myself.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

Michael Sheen

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I am old. My wish now is for an easy, easy life.

Lucio Tan

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I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'

Dolly Parton

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Preventive medicine isn't part of a physician's everyday routine, which is spent dispensing drugs and performing surgery.

Deepak Chopra

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Cinema has opened a world of possibilities up for me.

Antonio Banderas

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What's subcultural now is literally just a line of thinking, which is trying to be eyes wide open, in my view. It's no longer attached to a specific demographic or specifically downtrodden groups of people; it's much more free-floating, and you don't know where you're going to find it.

Anohni

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