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If there's a major foreign policy event, the President gets on TV, the Congress doesn't. ↗

— Nate Silver

#event #foreign #foreign policy #gets #major

Success makes you less intimidated by things. ↗

— Nate Silver

#less #makes #success #things #you

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do. ↗

— Ron Silver

#actually #also #because #came #context

If I don't see my kids for six days, I start to get withdrawal pains. ↗

— Ron Silver

#get #i #kids #pains #see

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of the elite. ↗

— Ron Silver

#considered #elite #europe #intelligentsia #part

Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks. ↗

— Ron Silver

#attacks #concessions #east #face #forced

I don't set out to offend or shock, but I also don't do anything to avoid it. ↗

— Sarah Silverman

#anything #avoid #i #offend #out

And then before going back for my sophomore year, I decided to change my major to arts and sciences, and my dad cut a deal with me: He said if I'd quit school he'd pay my rent for the next three years, as if I were in school. ↗

— Sarah Silverman

#back #before #change #cut #dad

I can't believe how much time has passed. The first time I did stand-up I was 17, and I was really a stand-up once I was 19 in New York, and now I'm 41, and I still feel like I haven't found myself onstage. ↗

— Sarah Silverman

#did #feel #first #first time #found

I do love the idea of ritual. ↗

— Sarah Silverman

#i do #idea #love #ritual