Jed S. Rakoff Quotes
I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth.
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When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.
Rachel Platten -
I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
Yo-Yo Ma -
Broadway is really my life.
Vanessa Williams -
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
Oliver Cromwell -
I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
Dan Aykroyd -
It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet has jacked the frenzy into overdrive.
Kara Swisher
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I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.
Carly Patterson -
When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
Frances McDormand -
Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
A. Philip Randolph -
A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
Narada Michael Walden -
While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.
Randy Neugebauer
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I feel passionately that the opportunities I have had should be available to everyone.
Faye Marsay -
Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
Dana Perino -
People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.
Eden Hazard -
Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players.
Yanis Varoufakis -
My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life.
Dan Jenkins -
It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
Irina Shayk
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In 1982, I wrote in my diary that life is motion, not joy. If the way you measure success in life is by how much joy it brings you, you're measuring inaccurately. Life is also sadness, defeat, striving. It is many things.
Mario Cuomo -
'Terra Nova,' more than anything I've ever done in my life, is for everybody.
Alex Graves -
I hate flying, airports and the whole rigmarole - queuing up, security and lost luggage.
Johnny Vegas -
In my business investing, you are buying a stock, and someone else is selling the stock. Right there, that's like a debate. Is the stock going up, or is it going to go down?
David Einhorn -
The people we need to hear from most are the ones who make themselves heard least - except, of course, on Election Day.
Bret Stephens -
I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth.
Jed S. Rakoff