Rachel Sklar Quotes

I downloaded a Ricky Gervais podcast once at the persistent urging of a friend and found it funny but distracting - if I'm online, I'm surfing, which means I'm distracted from the podcast. So it's a form that doesn't really work for me.

Rachel Sklar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: December 8, 1972

Topics

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I think I was identified as a failed president because I wasn't re-elected.

Jimmy Carter

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As a standup comedian, you have to develop a sense of fearlessness. It's really important for your livelihood and your well-being. And if you don't do that, you're going to fail; you're never going to be able to stand up on the cliff and jump off.

John DiMaggio

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If someone had written a review saying, ''Oh, Hello' is stupid,' we would have said, 'Yeah, it is. You're absolutely right.' That people liked it was extremely cool.

John Mulaney

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One of the enduring myths of campaign analysis is that you can actually count the number of 'undecided' voters by asking voters if they are undecided or not. Sometimes, significant numbers of voters actually change their minds.

Jeff Greenfield

ChangeYouNumbersSometimesMinds

The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.

Mercy Otis Warren

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How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

Anais Nin

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A teenage foot that never tapped to 'Heartbreak Hotel' in the '50s probably belonged to a hopeless grind.

Molly Ivins

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Liberals have difficulty understanding the Tea Party because they think it is a bunch of selfish racists. But I think the Tea Party is driven in large part by concerns about fairness.

Jonathan Haidt

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I'm not afraid to blame myself for any of my own faults or just to analyze things in a different way, but I don't overanalyze, either.

Christina Milian

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Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question.

Constance Baker Motley

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Executive pay has skyrocketed for many reasons - including the prevalence of overly cozy boards and changing cultural norms about pay - but increasing scale, competition, and innovation have all played major roles.

Chrystia Freeland

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I just feel that 'The Color Purple,' which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors.

Alice Walker

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