Adam Gopnik Quotes

I think that we're always drawn - particularly sophisticated people - are always drawn to the idea of simplicity.

Adam Gopnik

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I became an insomniac, really, hardly slept at all, didn't even try to. And it's carried on. I hate to say I only need as much sleep as Mrs. Thatcher, but I can cope really well on five hours.

Sue Townsend

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Being with my kids is really important to me, being a good dad and being around a lot.

Shooter Jennings

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The part of my personality that most irritated my husband, some of our big, big disagreements were when I got what he called 'showbiz.' He meant flamboyant or raucous.

Rita Moreno

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I'd like to collaborate with Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige.

Robin Thicke

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I do think that the strongest character is somebody that you can connect with to your personal self, or at least find the humanity in both of you and start from there.

Ruthie Ann Miles

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During the Jim Crow era, poll taxes and literacy tests kept the African-Americans from polls. But today, felon disenfranchisement laws accomplished what poll taxes and literacy tests ultimately could not, because those laws were struck down. But felony disenfranchisement laws had been allowed to stand.

Michelle Alexander

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Everything that you want Santa to be, he is.

Mick Foley

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I respond to mood. I hear some phrase, or pick up a rhythm.

Miller Williams

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Political correctness never rears its ugly head independently. It always shows up as a series of actions designed, to this observer, to crush the souls of those blessed with common sense.

Milo Yiannopoulos

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I like actors - such as Margaret Rutherford and Peter Lorre - who aren't afraid to over-act like real people. When I take a job, I can always come up with ten different ways of doing the part. But I'll always choose the flashiest one. You've got to dress the window a bit.

Denholm Elliott

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Any immigration-reform effort must begin first with border security and enforcement of the law.

Cory Gardner

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One way an author dies a little each day is when his books go out of print.

William Goldman

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