Walter Russell Mead Quotes

When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could argue that transportation hadn't changed since ancient times. An imperial messenger on the Roman roads could get from Rome to London even faster in A.D. 100 than in 1750. But by 1850, and even more obviously today, all of that has changed.

Walter Russell Mead

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With all comedy, you try to ground it in credibility and reality.

Matthew Gray Gubler

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Stand up for yourself and fight for your right to be the artist that you want to be. There's plenty of pressure from outside; people tell you how to dress and how to sing or what to sing, but I always felt like if I'm going to fail or succeed, I want to do it on my own terms.

Tracy Chapman

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I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's mainstream community.

Tony Judt

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'Traffic' was so good, and I really don't want to take a step back.

Miguel Ferrer

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Mizzou was my real family. I loved it. Football was a sense of home. A home I never had.

Michael Sam

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Most people are under exposed to global assets, including foreign stocks, bonds and currencies.

Mohamed El-Erian

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Red lipstick is my armour - I feel it distracts from my hereditary dark circles and gives me an instant psychological lift, no matter what my mood is.

Liz Goldwyn

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I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I've always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived!

Lisa Loeb

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I want to balance my projects. Ideally, I'd like to do at least one indie film, a mainstream movie, and a TV series in a year - the best of both worlds.

Coco Martin

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I consider myself just a lovable old man who just loves women. I've reversed 100 percent.

Bobby Riggs

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The words are frightening - how you're going to build a wall, how you're going to have Mexico pay for it. What does this mean?

Asa Hutchinson

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When I play a gay character, I want to be as believable as possible. And when I'm playing a straight character, I also want to be as believable as possible. So the less that people know about my personal life, the more believable I can be as a character.

Sean Hayes

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