I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics.


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So many things for me are unfortunate in the commercialization of something that is special. It'...
CHRIS CARTER
I think a lot of people in television news look at the cable networks with great envy.
CHRIS WALLACE
That's what keeps me up at three in the morning: Who's looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right...
CHRIS ELLIOTT
My friends tell me that I've calmed down, that I seem more centered. I don't know, I think m...
CHRIS KATTAN
2009 was one of the busiest, most insane, stressful periods in my entire career. I was raising a bun...
CHRIS SACCA
I'm busier than I've ever been, but you can go through the lists of people who are bang up t...
CHRIS HEMSWORTH
Ever since I was nine years old and I watched Neil and Buzz walk on the moon, I have felt passionate...
CHRIS HADFIELD
Record sales don't really mean anything. For us, the pressure is imagining some 15-year-old kid ...
CHRIS MARTIN
A writer can spend a decade working obsessively on a novel, but in the commerce of publishing, many ...
CHRIS PAVONE
I'm calling myself 'The Doodler,' and with the simple addition of a small burglar's ...
CHRIS RIDDELL
Coffee is already known to be a preventive factor against mild depression, Parkinson's disease, ...
CHRIS KILHAM
2016 has proven to be the year where the most forward-thinking financial institutions are actually u...
CHRIS LARSEN
It seems like the studios are either making giant blockbusters, or really super-small indies. And th...
CHRIS EVANS
Although I have to say, it's become a lot harder for me since I won the world series because eve...
CHRIS MONEYMAKER
We have that storytelling history in country and bluegrass and old time and folk music, blues - all ...
CHRIS STAPLETON
I just kind of went into the blue-collar workforce at a really young age and discovered music, in te...
CHRIS CORNELL
We had no idea what we were in for when we started Blue Sky. We just had an idea of what we wanted t...
CHRIS WEDGE
My favorite way to blow off steam is to sing obnoxiously loud in the shower.
CHRIS PRATT
Guantanamo Bay houses enemy combatants ranging from terrorist trainers and recruiters to bomb makers...
CHRIS CHOCOLA
You can get too bogged down in technology and you can sort of forget what it is you were trying to d...
CHRIS LOWE
In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it's really...
CHRIS CORNELL
I love 'Boardwalk Empire.' I really love that world. I love that style. I love all the actor...
CHRIS MESSINA
It depends on various things like if the promoters want to have a break so they can sell more T-shir...
CHRIS SQUIRE
If you're in the WWE, it's like show business boot camp. You learn a little bit about everyt...
CHRIS JERICHO
And it's interesting, when you look at the predictions made during the peak of the boom in the 1...
CHRIS ANDERSON
Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actu...
CHRIS MATTHEWS
If I could rub a genie and anything could happen? Truthfully, my other love, and this is a complete ...
CHRIS DIAMANTOPOULOS
I was a shy kid, a late bloomer. At 22, I was probably 16 emotionally.
CHRIS PINE
I love Latin women, yet for some reason I always wind up with blondes.
CHRIS KIRKPATRICK
I've always said there is a boulevard that exists between compromising your principles and getti...
CHRIS CHRISTIE
Being voted the world's sexiest vegetarian is about as cool as it gets. It's not quite as co...
CHRIS MARTIN
'The Expats' is a thriller, but one that tends more toward general fiction than toward breat...
CHRIS PAVONE
I don't think breakups are ever easy for anybody. If they are, they aren't much of a breakup...
CHRIS YOUNG
Some of the greatest reality television we ever had was the moon landings. When you think about it, ...
CHRIS HADFIELD