Gail Collins Quotes

There have been tons of politicians who were slow to accept equal rights when it meant changes in the established social order. Many eventually came around, admitted they were wrong, and were forgiven. But the ones who actively choose hate-mongering don't ever get a pass.

Gail Collins

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SlowChooseWrongAcceptChanges

I can't say I've ever had a dream about space or that I ponder it all the time.

John Glenn

TimeSpaceDreamSayPonderAbout

Well, you don't get to do things that other children get to do, having friends and slumber parties and buddies. There were none of that for me. I didn't have friends when I was little. My brothers were my friends.

Michael Jackson

ChildrenMeFriendsYouLittleWell

I was going to be a Marine before I was going to be an actor. I was really serious about joining the Marine Corps.

Steve Zahn

SeriousActorMarine CorpsGoing

Nobody wants to be seen with a bigot.

Tucker Carlson

NobodySeenWantsBigot

I couldn't concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to deal with the business.

Robert Fripp

BusinessMusicCareerChoiceUp

I was a terrible science student, so I could never be a scientist; my mind doesn't work that way. But I've learned to love the stories around science, and I have so much respect and fascination for the people who can make discoveries and find applications. There's a lot of drama there.

Ron Howard

WorkLoveScienceRespectMindFind

I think the word 'blog' is an ugly word. I just don't know why people can't use the word 'journal.'

Moby

UglyPeopleThinkKnowWhyJournal

Render to God what you owe him; recognize the obligations you are under to him.

Louis XIV

GodYouHimRenderOweRecognize

We will have to give up the hope that, if we try hard, we somehow will always do right by our children. The connection is imperfect. We will sometimes do wrong.

Judith Viorst

HopeChildrenConnectionWrongTry

I didn't have any expectations with 'Traveller' - I don't think anybody did. That's how I prefer the process to be.

Chris Stapleton

ExpectationsThinkProcessTraveller

Paris is wild; it's decadent... it's so many things.

Brian Azzarello

ParisWildThingsManyDecadent

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.

Anne Baxter

HomeDevilTemptationProfitLabor

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