George Packer Quotes

I spend much too much time on the Web with e-mail and surfing and reading my key sites, and a whole day can go by, and you wonder, 'What did I do today?'

George Packer

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My Marine experience helped shape who I am now personally and professionally, and I am grateful for that on an almost daily basis.

Jim Lehrer

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If I had to find one characteristic that is most symbolic of me, I think I am tenacious.

Melvin Van Peebles

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I'm a flower gardener.

Sissy Spacek

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Individual courage is the only interesting thing in life.

Simone Signoret

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Much to Mr. Obama's chagrin, ours is not a government run by fiat. The American people have shown quite clearly that they will not simply roll over while this administration seeks to undercut our founding principles in pursuit of its preferred European model of government.

Trent Franks

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I was raised by a single mom. I spent most of my time in daycare.

Jon Hamm

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Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul.

Donna Karan

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Politicians often reveal most about themselves in unguarded moments.

Douglas Alexander

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Some people thought I was using my popularity as a singer to sell my first novel. For others, it was almost a sacrilege: a practitioner of a minor art daring to enter the field of high art.

Chico Buarque

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With my son, I work very hard to keep him away from the press and media and I want an opportunity for him to lead as normal a life as possible.

Corey Feldman

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The president's poking fun at himself over what goes down. I thought it was a good-natured performance. It made him look good. But he certainly doesn't disguise the record on weapons of mass destruction. And you feel like saying to people, Just get over it.

Brit Hume

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I think of my parents as a single unit, and it's interesting because they shared so much, and they were totally opposite. My mother, a Martha Graham dancer, had a classical background; my father had a back-porch background.

Arlo Guthrie

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