David Brooks
David Brooks
Conservative political columnist for the New York Times. He also wrote for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times and provided political commentary for National Public Radio (NPR) and the PBS NewsHour.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth11 August 1961
CityToronto, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
reality people want
People want reality that tells them how right they are all the time.
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This death cult has no reason and is beyond negotiation. This is what makes it so frightening. This is what causes so many to engage in a sort of mental diversion. They don't want to confront this horror. So they rush off in search of more comprehensible things to hate.
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The message of the summoned life is that you don't need to panic if you don't yet know what you want to do with your life. But you probably want to throw yourselves into circumstances where the summons will come.
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I want to try to make big films that hopefully connect with people.
ambition want film
I want to make big films. That's always been my ambition.
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I want to limit the effects of the power of donors, no question about it.
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The technology's going to change, but what people want to read is going to be basically the same.
reality people want
People want a reality that tells them they're right all of the time.
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It gave the offensive line the confidence they needed and they started getting better as the game went on. He's just a punishing runner. It hurts to tackle him. We don't get any negative yardage when he runs the ball because he is such a powerful runner.
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It has a reputation as a very lively place with good, lively students.
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Pedigreed elite used to be based on noble birth and breeding. Now it's genius that enables you to join the elect.
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We ought to give people who don't want to go back to New Orleans the means to disperse into middle-class areas nationwide.
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We shouldn't just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two people could claim to love each other and not want to sanctify their love with marriage and fidelity.
country order accomplishment
Most poverty and suffering - whether in a country, a family or a person - flows from disorganization. A stable social order is an artificial accomplishment, the result of an accumulation of habits, hectoring, moral stricture and physical coercion. Once order is dissolved, it takes hard measures to restore it