- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
White Quotes
Honest reflections on identity and race.
This collection gathers personal reflections on racial identity, including memories of growing up in a mostly separate community and the ongoing search for roles that were written with a different actor in mind. It connects to broader conversations in our Black quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was nobody at the time who was playing slide guitar like Johnny, and nobody, or no white guys at least, that was playing country blues like that on the acoustic guitar. And it was at that point that I realized what Johnny had to offer.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people are making up stories about Bob Mueller on Fox News and those get traction in congressional committees and in the White House, at a certain point, I've got to say no.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
If ethics is limited to financial conflicts of interest - that's really what I did in the Bush White House - that's a huge problem for me because Trump refused to sell his businesses. We don't know where he's getting his financing.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
The last fight for the white metal is to be made here in this country and in this House, my friends.
- Black And White
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans are inclined to see the world and foreign affairs in black and white.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
Federal employees are public servants, not partisan foot soldiers for President Obama, and shouldn't have to decide whether a partisan White House request can be ignored without consequences.
- Assumed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people in Washington assumed if Obama made it to the White House he would appoint Biden as his secretary of state, a position Biden openly admitted he wanted.
- Character Assassination
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- Nov 07, 2020
It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance.
- Nov 07, 2020
Mausoleum air and anguished pauses: If this production were a poem, it would be mostly white space.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trump is in the White House, fulminating on Twitter, messing up foreign policy, mistaking critics for enemies, refusing to immediately and unequivocally condemn neo-Nazis, racists, and other assorted goons - and, in general, failing to provide the nation with a scintilla of moral leadership. This will last until it can't any longer.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
I met Clinton during her husband's first campaign for the White House. It was 1992, New Hampshire, and both Clintons had stopped at a coffee shop to greet the folks and get something to eat.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020