Jacob Weisberg Quotes

Blacks as a group have voted Democratic since the 1930s. The GOP has not courted them in any real way since the 1960s, focusing instead on attracting white constituencies hostile to civil rights and African-Americans in general.

Jacob Weisberg

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WhiteGroupWayCivil RightsReal

You remember what you go through as a kid, what's going to make you listen, what's going to make you respond. I held onto that. People who treated me like that when I was younger got every bit of respect and attention I could give them, because I knew that they were coming at me from almost an equal level.

Jesse L. Martin

RespectPeopleMeRememberAttention

For better or worse, MTV sort of bridges the whole country together almost like the BBC does in England. It's opened up everything so wide that it's possible for everyone to have different ideas.

Joey Ramone

TogetherIdeasBridgesBetterUp

It's not just the war itself. It's what you do after the war and what structure you put in place and how you make that structure work.

John Hewson

WorkWarYouPlaceStructureJust

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it.

Matthew Arnold

CharacterCulturePerfectionGrowing

If I could pick any story idea or script I had that I wanted everything to go exactly right for, it would probably be 'Pacific Rim.'

Travis Beacham

StoryGoRightEverythingIf I Could

We need to start talking about inequality again; we need to start talking about the inequities and unfairnesses and the injustices of an excessively divided society, divided by wealth, by opportunity, by outcome, by assets and so forth.

Tony Judt

OpportunitySocietyStartTalking

I've been the teenage success, I've been homeless and driving around in my car and not knowing where to eat. You just want to keep working and learning, and I was doing that. If I hadn't done 'Wild Bill,' I'm sure I would have acted in something else.

Dexter Fletcher

LearningSuccessCarHomelessDoing

For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.

David Suzuki

ChildrenHealthGrandchildrenTop

Our weights fluctuate: Some people gain or lose, even friends who are average size. If I would say 'I'm fat,' my friends would say, 'Don't say that!' And I'd think, 'Are you offended, you can't handle the word? Or do you think I am embarrassed?'

Chrissy Metz

I AmPeopleThinkFatFriendsLose

I never found anyone who was good enough, who I could trust enough.

Christine Keeler

GoodTrustEnoughNeverFoundWho

People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.

Pete Sampras

PeopleMeComedyKnowCelebrityOut

I'm not really cool, or dashing, or any of those things.

Scott Thompson

CoolThingsThoseAnyReally

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