"Americans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is."

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Source : "What's So Great About America". Book by Dinesh D'Souza. Chapter 6: "America the Beautiful", 2002.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

#Needs Quotes #Matter Quotes #Faces Quotes

“We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount.”

Source : Speech on Armistice Day, Boston, Mass., 11 Nov. 1948
“Design is interesting because it's utopian. Art is often a jaundiced commentary on contemporary life. Design is always about the future; it's always about something great and new that's come out that will make the future brighter. It has this weird 18th - century positivism about it.”
“I think the New York theater audience is very savvy. Sometimes you get newbies who think they're going to be watching Smash onstage, and sometimes you have people who have been coming to theater for years. It's the combination of those people in an audience that makes for a pretty amazing night - their ability to give each other permission to react and enjoy, in a way that maybe they wouldn't if they weren't sitting next to each other.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“You can't even smoke a cigarette on network television anymore. Not that everyone should be smoking cigarettes, but that's how crazy it's gotten. You can't even do things like that that are real-life things.”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
“I'm unique for a suspense author in that I don't have a specialty background. A lot of suspense writers used to be lawyers or crime beat reporters. I didn't even know a cop when I started out. I finally figured out that I could visit prisons - I just had to be willing to make the phone calls.”

Source : "Cosmo's Book Club: Meet Your Next Must-Read". Interview with Gabrielle Frank, www.cosmopolitan.com. March 9, 2010.
“I like reading in a pub rather than a library or study, as it's generally much easier to get a drink.”

Source : Pete McCarthy (2014). “McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland”, p.258, Macmillan
“I know that without treatment I would not have never been able to harness my creativity in such a successful way.”

Source : Patty Duke (2010). “Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness”, p.201, Bantam
“When I first started out, I got criticism for the way I looked. I think, now, it's a good thing because, why would you want to look like everyone else?”

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