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I think that there's been an unfortunate tendency for right wing think tanks to dominate these discussions. They often produce very shoddy studies and policy recommendations, which are nevertheless taken very seriously. ↗

— Juan Cole

#discussions #dominate #i #i think #nevertheless

I wanted to be a cheerleader, like my sister was - all the most popular and beautiful girls are cheerleaders and I wanted that, and it demolished this vision of myself. That's when I found the piano, when music saved me; that's when I first attempted to write my own songs. ↗

— Paula Cole

#beautiful #beautiful girls #cheerleader #cheerleaders #demolished

The older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. I tend to walk a middle ground. ↗

— Paula Cole

#darkness #get #ground #happiness #huge

So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country. ↗

— Cy Coleman

#country #i #into #jazz #over

I never got the opportunity to be romantic or feel romantic with anyone. ↗

— Gary Coleman

#feel #got #i #never #opportunity

But movies as much as anything developed what I thought was right and wrong, what was honorable, what wasn't, what was funny what wasn't... what had some depth to it, what didn't. ↗

— Dabney Coleman

#depth #developed #funny #had #honorable

I work with Sally and I can see Sally doing that. She is very aggressive. Very fun loving and charming... and pushy in a very competitive way and a very healthy way and a very good actress. ↗

— Dabney Coleman

#aggressive #charming #competitive #doing #fun

I parody myself every chance I get. I try to make fun of myself and let people know that I'm a human being, and these things that have happened to me are real. I'm not just some cartoon who exists and suddenly doesn't exist. ↗

— Gary Coleman

#cartoon #chance #every #exist #exists

I liked 'Diff'rent Strokes' up until about the last three or four years. I was bored. ↗

— Gary Coleman

#bored #four #i #last #liked

I try to understand people who aren't as smart as me and not be hateful. ↗

— Gary Coleman

#i #me #people #smart #try