Elaine Sciolino Quotes

In 1991, only two years into the Bush administration, Condoleezza Rice suddenly left her powerful job as the top Russia expert on the National Security Council and went back to California - to get a life.

Elaine Sciolino

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From the first Lauren Luke tutorial I watched, I was completely taken with her.

Andrea Seigel

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It's one of the things that movies do offer you, despite all of their hardships - they offer you moments of transcendence.

Michael Cimino

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I'm sick of environmentalism.

Tracey Ullman

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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

Toni Morrison

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My father was an airline pilot, so we travelled more spontaneously than a lot of families. On a Thursday, we could decide to go somewhere like Barbados the next day for a long weekend.

Chris Hadfield

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There's nothing funnier than a giant, grown man rollerblading.

Chris Pratt

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I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to do.

Clara Hughes

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I often work by avoidance.

Brian Eno

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Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

Bodhidharma

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I didn't think I had anything particular to say, but I thought I might have something to say to children.

Penelope Lively

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I met Gerald Ford. I met Richard Nixon. I met Jimmy Carter. I met Dwight Eisenhower when he was a general. George Bush senior. I haven't met Bill Clinton or George W. Bush, although I got a letter from him.

Pete Rose

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I traveled the country for a year and a half helping Hillary Clinton to try to become president.

Tim Ryan

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