Elliott Abrams Quotes

Obama is like the kid brother whose only standard for judging his own achievements is the records his big brother set.

Elliott Abrams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 24, 1948

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When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.

Stephen Covey

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Part of my problem is that I cannot dispel the myths that have somehow accumulated over the years. Somebody writes something, it's completely off the wall, but it gets filed and repeated until everyone believes it. For instance, I've read that I wear a football helmet in the car.

Stanley Kubrick

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Our argument is everybody ought to be paying lower rates, and we ought to be focused on growing the economy and rebuilding the middle class.

Steve Scalise

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The British system denied any role for human creativity, and instead argued, that if man merely followed his hedonistic desires, pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain, objective laws would naturally guide society to achieve the best allocation of wealth.

Robert Trout

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The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

Ronald Reagan

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She defaced my fly. And I've never been the same since.

Mike Judge

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It's an odd state to be in, blowing the whistle on your home country.

Michael Ondaatje

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So much of my body changed from being pregnant. My hair got so much longer from all of the multivitamins and pregnancy vitamins, like the New Chapter's Every Woman Vitamin I've been taking - it's a lot of folic acid. I know a lot of moms cut their hair, but I just want to keep mine long.

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

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I need an office, so I can have a place where I don't write.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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The sanctity of a woman's right to control her own destiny is a moral force of its own... I came to realize that the question of choice is to be answered, not by the state, but by the individual.

Dick Gephardt

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Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.

Dean Smith

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I failed the audition to get into drama school.

Peter Capaldi

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