Elaine Sciolino Quotes

I don't think Iraq could be transformed overnight into a democracy. How can you take a country that doesn't have any kind of tradition of democracy, where its people have been brutalized and repressed for decades, and suddenly impose Jeffersonian ideals?

Elaine Sciolino

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Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied.

Joe Biden

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Authors should be honored only for their works.

John Updike

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Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

Tom Peters

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When I first came to New York, I was so bored. My friends were like, 'Do a blog. It's the hip thing to do for male models.'

River Viiperi

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When you're raising a little kid, you tell that kid to go after their goals and their dreams. And you tell them to work as hard as anybody.

Romeo Miller

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When we bought it, Spiegel was in a difficult situation; it made a loss at that time. We invested in it and then it turned around, and then we bought Eddie Bauer and Newport News.

Michael Otto

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God has given His children a love that is so great in Christ that the world can't touch it with chocolates, roses, or diamonds.

Monica Johnson

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The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.

Judd Gregg

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A lot of shows, things will just simmer and simmer and maybe never explode into the open, or only risk exploding into the open when it's clear that the series has gotten to its endgame. So I'm always impressed - but not surprised - when 'Scandal' just completely goes for it.

Joshua Malina

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I really do love social media. I've always been crazy about - even like, remember AOL chat rooms? I always loved message boards, and I was always interacting on the computer.

Chrissy Teigen

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I think the fallacy is to think that Women's Liberation meant that men and women would become interchangeable. That has not happened, and most men and women would not want it to happen.

Christina Hoff Sommers

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Parents who press their children to succeed do so in hopes of preparing them for an adulthood of high achievement.

Alissa Quart

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