H. W. Brands Quotes

I've been writing American history for a long time, and I've had a hard time finding strong, interesting female characters. There are women, of course, in American history, but they're hard to write about because they don't leave much of a historical trace, and they're not usually involved in high-profile public events.

H. W. Brands

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I supply the music for Vampires, which is a new series that's coming out.

John Entwistle

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How can you say when you're attracted to something? It's not easy to articulate my tastes.

Jeff Goldblum

EasyYouSaySomethingAttracted

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is that assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind.

Jean Kerr

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People say, 'You look like the girl who used to be on that show 'Angel' - they don't actually think I'm her.

Amy Acker

GirlPeopleAngelThinkYouLook

Throughout history, people with few educational or economic resources and little bargaining power have often looked to authoritarian, ruthless people to stand up for them.

Stephanie Coontz

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The song that's mostly changing my career or made the biggest impact on my career would be 'Catch Me Outside.' Mainly because it hit YouTube, and that was, like, my first-ever video, so people never really seen what I looked like or knew exactly what I was about, so that was, like, the first taste of what they got.

Ski Mask the Slump God

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I am opposed to heart attacks and cancer and strokes the way I am opposed to sin.

Mary Lasker

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I have a job I'm pretty good at. I am in charge of things. I am on committees. People respect me and take my counsel. I want to be strong and professional, but I resent how hard I have to work to be taken seriously, to receive a fraction of the consideration I might otherwise receive.

Roxane Gay

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I love feeling like I'm 'on the pulse' of things. Nothing more satisfying, more valued, more exciting as a writer. Because shaping pop culture really means that you're saying something that a lot of people want to hear.

Liz Tuccillo

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I have been recognized from 'Mad Men,' and it's so cool when that happens because I am so proud to be a part of the show.

Jay R. Ferguson

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Lawmakers who support CISA will tell you the bill includes some privacy protections. They're right. But these 'protections' are superficial and include broad loopholes that are so far-reaching as to render the protections meaningless.

Jared Polis

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The place I begin is with story. If the audience doesn't care about that, then it doesn't matter how amazing the spectacle is. My central philosophy is that people go to the movies to be told a story, not to see stuff blow up.

Jonathan Mostow

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