Lee H. Hamilton Quotes

Democracy fascinates me.

Lee H. Hamilton

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MeDemocracyFascinates

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

NatureChildrenBirdsStrawberries

I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together.

John Zorn

LifeTogetherMy LifeWaySamePut

The repetition of the theatre means you've got the time to get deeply inside the person you're playing.

Sophie Okonedo

TimeTheatreYouRepetitionPerson

My dad was not one of these stereotypical military people - buzz-cut, rah-rah-rah.

Trevor Paglen

PeopleMilitaryStereotypicalDad

I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences.

Tom Perrotta

ParentsGrowing UpGrowingWriteUp

We kind of agree with Mao that political power comes largely from the barrel of a gun. And we get it that if you want a friend you should get a dog.

Ron Bloom

DogFriendPowerGunPoliticalYou

Tintin comics evoke Bermuda, where my parents doled out comics for good behavior and my grandmother taught me how to shuffle cards.

Rosecrans Baldwin

GoodParentsMeBehaviorCardsOut

I have an equal amount of patience as my grade-school children, which is not great.

Mike D

PatienceChildrenGreatEqualWhich

I went to an audition for a Harry Belafonte Roaring Twenties special for choreographer Donald McKayle, but I failed.

Judith Jamison

SpecialRoaringTwentiesAudition

My dad was an actor, so he would try and put me off and say, 'Come on, you've got to go to university first.'

Dolly Wells

MeYouGoSayActorTry

There might be the odd person in my family who was an artist down the line, but no one in my immediate family is an actor of any kind.

Chloe Pirrie

FamilyArtistDownPersonKindLine

Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America.

Colin Powell

WorldAmericaLookPureCompetitor

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