Maggie Gallagher Quotes

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.

Maggie Gallagher

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PowerPoliticsPoliticalExercise

There's something very strange about associating me with that prize. I had hoped for it in a more directed way as a journalist. Somehow as a journalist you know there are Pulitzers out there and you can work hard and get one. To win it for Fiction seems unbelievable.

Jennifer Egan

WorkMeWork HardWinYouKnow

I was at UC Berkeley as an undergrad when my father lost a lot of money in real estate investments in Northern California. He wanted a change of pace, so in the early '90s, my family moved to L.A., right in the middle of Tehrangeles. It was a culture shock for me.

Maz Jobrani

FamilyChangeFatherCultureMoney

It's amazing how these little guys can say things that a mortal human could never get away with. There's some sort of unspoken license... when outlandish things come out of an inanimate object, somehow it equals humor.

Jeff Dunham

HumorAmazingSayNeverHumanOut

There is no such thing as disappointment for those who continue to cherish the selflessness of which is born the noblest inner self. There is no such thing as failure for those who invest in the potentialities of the Ideal of the Soul.

Ameen Rihani

FailureSoulDisappointmentSelfWho

I really like iZotope Trash, which is a great plug-in for distortion, as is Ohmicide, which I love. It's an absolutely crazy multiband distortion, compression, EQ and filter, which pretty much lets you do anything.

Skrillex

LoveGreatCrazyYouTrashAnything

The U.K. and the U.S. are very different countries, and it really shows in the television.

Robert Carlyle

TelevisionDifferentVeryReally

It's only in the seventies that I put the sticks down and I moved to the front.

Lou Gramm

DownSeventiesOnlyFrontMovedPut

I really love visiting schools - in fact, that's my favorite part of being an author now - even though I still get stage fright! When I visit schools, I know I'm going to be talking to some kids who don't like to read.

Jay Asher

LoveTalkingKnowNowStageGoing

I can only be me. I have a hard time being a chameleon as a singer.

Chris Stapleton

TimeMeI CanHardSingerChameleon

There's something cool, even on a philosophical level, about understanding the bigger picture and exploring faith, if you will, in a very real way. The more you delve into it and give into it, you just have to have faith. The more you invest in faith, wherever it takes you, some of those jagged edges become less sharp.

Corbin Bernsen

FaithCoolPictureUnderstandingYou

When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.

Bruce Beresford

MusicMoviesOperaEmotionalForce

I have been a Republican since 1966.

Arlen Specter

RepublicanBeenSince

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