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Quotes by Journalist
"More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international."
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"It is Nixon himself who represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character that almost every country in the world has learned to fear and despise. Our Barbie-doll president, with his Barbie-doll wife and his boxful of Barbie-doll children is also America's answer to the monstrous Mr. Hyde. He speaks for the Werewolf in us; the bully, the predatory shyster who turns into something unspeakable, full of claws and bleeding string-warts on nights when the moon comes too close."
16
"What we don't have a right to is healthcare, housing, or handouts. We don't have those rights."
16
"Of course the Munich tragedy was the biggest event in my career and the most terrible."
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"Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they never clean, and are entertained till they drop? If you have just answered, "A house guest," you're wrong because I have just described my kids."
16
"George Bush is trying to play it both ways."
16
"In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it."
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"Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense."
16
"Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree."
16
"Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm."
Man,
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"It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species."
16
"The natural habitat of the tongue is the left cheek."
16
"History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools."
16
"The way a team plays as a whole determines its success."
15
"The worst is still ahead of us. But no one in Washington has the spine to tell you that."
15
"The Americans may think they have 'liberated' Baghdad but the tens of thousands of thieves - they came in families and cruised the city in trucks and cars searching for booty - seem to have a different idea what liberation means."
15
"Ronald Reagan, of course, was a Republican governor of California who went through a painful defeat in the 1976 presidential race before winning four years later."
15
"Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can observe the evolution of a single man."
15
"As advertising blather becomes the nation's normal idiom, language becomes printed noise."
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"But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake."
15
"Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species."
15
"An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me."
15
"Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments."
15
"Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had freedom of maneuver that he wouldn't have as King. The first subject he really went for was architecture. It made an impact."
15
"I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me."
15
"In any ethical situation, the thing you want least to do is probably the right action."
15
"Initially, the site was favourably reviewed in a leading new media publication and the word spread."
15
"I am fiercely loyal to those willing to put their money where my mouth is."
15
"To deaden yourself against any hurt is to deaden yourself also against the hurt of others."
Hurt,
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"The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small."
15
"I first got to know Charles in the late seventies when I wrote an article and then a book about him and I think at the time he came across as quite appealing, it was probably the height of his popularity."
15
"Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for."
15
"The Beltway is waking up to the realities of Prsident Obam's budget plan, which taxes, spends, and borrows as far as the eye can see."
15
"So, yeah, I think it had a major effect. I think in franchising younger people, it was just an idea that's never been trotted out before, but it makes perfectly good sense."
15
"If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers."
15
"I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means."
15
"Rich people march on Washington every day."
15
"TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no tantrums, no videotape."
15
"Constantly there's a credibility issue; you're judged on how you look. If you look good, people assume you aren't credible. It's a battle you'll always fight if you're on TV and a female."
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"The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld."
15
"The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy days, this is small-time stuff. Chicago is as full of crooks as a saw with teeth, but the era when they ruled the city is gone forever."
15
"When we have 'second thoughts' about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings."
15
"The first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you."
15
"Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra."
15
"Research is what it's going to take to cure all these diseases."
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"The world's a small place and people are watching; and, you know, somebody disappears, the family knows and their colleagues know, and so eventually, these things do get out."
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