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Public Quotes
"If I were not a public figure, I wouldn't fly with Thai."
158
"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."
100
"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self."
57
"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."
56
"You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public."
54
"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."
46
"I understood public relations and always maintained a high profile."
45
"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."
45
"I don't like to cry in public, unless I'm getting paid for it."
45
"Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never."
44
"The payments which have been made into the Treasury show the very productive state of the public revenue."
42
"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."
42
"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."
41
"There would probably be less of a frenzy among the French public."
41
"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."
41
"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."
41
"I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs."
40
"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."
40
"NARA must provide security at our facilities to protect our public patrons, our staff, and our holdings."
39
"Actual human discourse happens within a number of contexts, not in some sort of unified public forum."
39
"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."
38
"We still need to feed the public, both physically and intellectually."
37
"I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good."
36
"Cable would not translate into the public radio universe."
36
"Frequently producers have partners that they never let the public know about."
36
"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."
35
"We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public."
35
"Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportunities to residents and their families."
35
"I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position."
34
"Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G."
34
"Somebody like me wouldn't have gone on to the Trisha show because I already had a public profile."
34
"If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public."
34
"I've been using the same editor, thankfully, she's been sticking with me, but I've been doing it full-on guerilla style... I haven't gotten any public sponsor or anything, because I don't want to seem like I'm trying to sell any particular thing."
33
"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."
33
"Never let them see you in public after you've turned thirty-five. You're finished if you do!"
33
"Where there is a problem, the risks to the public are greater than they've ever been before."
33
"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."
32
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