"I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about."

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"I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about."

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"Gail didn't want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid assertions of the Times' enemies and detractors, the two really have nothing to do with each other."

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