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Public Quotes
"If I were not a public figure, I wouldn't fly with Thai."
244
"Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare them openly is rather like facing a psychoanalyst."
166
"You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public."
71
"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self."
69
"I understood public relations and always maintained a high profile."
68
"Whatever their motivations, lawmakers on both side of the aisle have certainly discovered that immigration is one of those issues that resonate strongly with the public."
68
"I was never a Certified Public Accountant. I just had a degree in accounting. It would require passing a test, which I would not have been able to do."
67
"I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs."
63
"If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies."
61
"There would probably be less of a frenzy among the French public."
60
"Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never."
60
"It's very clear you have to engage the public and say: You have to vote no on 74, no on 75, no on 76, no on 77. Those are the issues that Arnold pushing. And those are reactionary, Republican initiatives."
60
"The payments which have been made into the Treasury show the very productive state of the public revenue."
59
"I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear."
59
"I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else."
57
"I don't like to cry in public, unless I'm getting paid for it."
57
"NARA must provide security at our facilities to protect our public patrons, our staff, and our holdings."
56
"I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good."
56
"Actual human discourse happens within a number of contexts, not in some sort of unified public forum."
56
"Somebody like me wouldn't have gone on to the Trisha show because I already had a public profile."
55
"Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years."
55
"When public and private sectors combine intellectual and other resources, more can be achieved."
55
"Cable would not translate into the public radio universe."
53
"And it was, it was not beating George Bush, believe it or not, the bottom line as far as I was concerned was introducing to the public who Gerry Ferraro was."
53
"I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about issues like this doesn't have to be a lawyer and can read it and understand it."
53
"We still need to feed the public, both physically and intellectually."
52
"Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming."
52
"The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down."
52
"Human and moral factors must always be considered. They must never be missing from policies and from public discussion."
51
"Virtually every magazine, newspaper, TV station and cable channel is owned by a big corporation, and they've squashed stories that they don't want the public to know about."
50
"I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position."
49
"I'm massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don't really realise that."
49
"We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other."
49
"That was in the days when everyone rode a bicycle, and the journal had a circulation of over one hundred and twenty-five thousand weekly, so my verses and illustrations became known to a fairly large public."
49
"Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G."
48
"The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled "genetically engineered," the public will shy away and won't take them."
48
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