Katharine Viner Quotes

Making sense of a political moment when you're in the midst of it is difficult: even if you avoid commercial and personal conflicts, it can still be hard to see it and understand it.

Katharine Viner

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Candidates' wives are supposed to sit cheerfully through their husbands' appearances.

Jodi Kantor

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Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people.

Joe E. Lewis

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Looking back, I realize my favorite stories weren't in books, they were in comics. On top of being a history enthusiast, my father was also a comics fan, and he kept his stash in the top drawer of his dresser, in easy reach of a kid making a beeline to the bathroom.

Jeff Kinney

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My oldest boy is 14, and he's not in that kind of awkward stage where, when we talk about girls, or there's a hot girl walking by - they're just so shy; it's weird.

Tommy Lee

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I wanted to try before I got too old to try to do a big movie and I'd been looking for something to do that was interesting enough to spend those two years of my life on.

Tony Gilroy

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We haven't made money in NASCAR in a long time.

Robby Gordon

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To me, being in the big time is not that big of a deal. I've been there; I know what it is. It's exciting, but it's also a lot of work and pressure. I love sort of flying under the radar where we can play theaters and sell CD's on the Internet, and it's really kind of a cool time.

Roger McGuinn

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I still go out, but not a lot. If I go to see music, it's usually to the Blue Note, jazz clubs, things like that. When I travel, I find out where the jazz clubs are.

Jonathan Demme

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There's a joke in economics about the drunk who loses his keys in the street but only looks for them under the lightposts. When asked why, he says, 'because that's where the light is.' That's the problem with the deficit.

Christina Romer

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There's a lot of little 'Bonnie-isms' in 'Teenage Dream' that I was hoping to keep for myself.

Bonnie McKee

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Henry Hays was cheated all his life. He was cheated by his father who taught him to hate. His community taught him to hate. My mom told me, no matter what one does in life, he or she deserves some compassion, and I knew Hays deserved compassion more than anybody.

Anthony Ray Hinton

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Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.

Alicia Witt

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