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Quotes by Journalist
"It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister."
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"David Cameron is a C-3P0 made of ham."
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"But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make."
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"Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens."
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"I'm old, but I'm still cute and strong. And very butch."
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"But I am convinced that those Jews who stand aside today with a malicious smile and with their hands in their trousers' pockets will also want to dwell in our beautiful home."
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"I have got up at truly deplorable hours in the morning to confront Vancouver's Jack Webster on television because I have been told that is the place to get exposure for ideas."
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"But if you're going to go out on a military unit, you've got to allow yourself to be under the control of the commander because you really could put the troops in danger."
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"I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful."
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"When a Spanish man cries it's not a sign of weakness."
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"I guess the painkillers wipe out your memory along with your ethics."
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"The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway."
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"One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat."
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"The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong."
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"I deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I've been told by first-hand sources."
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"There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile."
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"The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement."
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"The only school that let me in was U.C. Santa Cruz, which is where I went. They didn't have a journalism program, so I took sociology, which is the closest thing to journalism."
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"I joined another circle and the leader gave us a little leaflet in very small print, asking us to read it carefully and then come prepared to ask questions. It was a technical Marxist subject and I did not understand it nor did I know what questions to ask."
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"I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people."
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"The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence."
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"Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men?"
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"A few years ago no hotel or restaurant in Boston refused Negro guests; now several hotels, restaurants, and especially confectionary stores, will not serve Negroes, even the best of them."
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"Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year."
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"I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst."
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"Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime."
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"In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down."
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"Economic distress, political pressure, and social obloquy already drive us from our homes and from our graves. The Jews are already constantly shifting from place to place."
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"In America nothing dies easier than tradition."
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"Never order food in excess of your body weight."
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"Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient."
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"Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do."
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"A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives."
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"For starters, this country embodies something utterly unique: History's first democratic empire. Beginning in the post war era, we have used free trade and democracy to create a series of interlocking relationships that end war."
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"A woman may race to get a man a gift but it always ends in a tie."
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"Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention."
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"Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission."
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"I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Year's resolution is not to bark back."
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"Saturday Night Live is hitting me on a regular basis again. This is my fourth decade that I've been lampooned on Saturday Night Live."
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"For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work."
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"Now that I look back on it, having retired from being a reporter, it was kind of romantic. It was a wonderful way to live one's life, just as I imagined it would be when I was 6 or 7."
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"Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you."
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"Grown men have been seen fleeing after reading the menu posted outside."
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"POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
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"Love doesn't make the word go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile."
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"Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict."
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"I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test."
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