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When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden, everything in the world was all about Jack Kennedy. I was 12, interested in politics; my father was from Massachusetts, had an accent like Kennedy.

- James Ellroy

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We thought it would be great to see if you could put pop music back into musical theater.

- Neil Tennant

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I don't know anybody in the underworld. I make this stuff up. I don't know any criminals.

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I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

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I haven't been to a movie in a year and a half.

- James Ellroy

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Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken it as far as it can go. I think I've expanded on it a great deal, taken it further than any other American novelist.

- James Ellroy

Mother Writing World Will

My mother and I will continue on some level that I haven't determined yet. I think my mother's a great character, and I have to say that giving my mother to the world has to be the biggest thrill of my writing career.

- James Ellroy

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Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers.

- James Ellroy

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With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

- Theodore White

Pride Opinion Right Politics

There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.

- Barack Obama

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It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to fully develop his or her full potential. This is why we take precious time out of our lives and give it to politics.

- Paul Wellstone

End Want Politics

I want to stay away from politics, or else I'll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth.

- Peter Steele

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I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough.

- Paul Weller

Talking Right Today Power Politics

The message that I gave on the - on the steps today was that you need to stand for those things that are right and empower the individual. Believe in the power of one person. Don't believe that you can't do it. Everybody wants - everybody wants a shot. That we can all agree on. Beyond that, it becomes politics. I'm not talking politics.

- Glenn Beck