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Quotes by Journalist
"Lotsa people want to hurt me. That's the price you pay for being a big mouth."
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"Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit's still 65."
Car,
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"People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile."
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"Somebody's always getting me to come lecture to their writing class, and I don't talk about writing at all, I talk about the business of making a living at this racket."
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"John Henry Newman was as English as roast beef, even if he lacked a passion for cricket."
15
"It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it."
15
"NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi."
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"Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you."
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"The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers."
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"It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it."
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"America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to."
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"But do you know, I shall not be sorry to die. I shall be glad, Monsieur. And why glad, you ask? Because I love France and hate the Germans who have put this war on us."
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"In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man came up with for anything until about 1926 was stupid."
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"I will buy any creme, cosmetic, or elixir from a woman with a European accent."
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"The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling."
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"A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it."
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"It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination."
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"News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows."
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"And I'm hoping that fair-minded people will stand up and say that what's been done to me is wrong, and that-that people's personal lives have no impact on their ability to be a journalist, you know. Why should my past prevent me from having a future?"
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"And I think a good writer's gonna make it interesting. From the first paragraph it will all be interesting. Just work at it and work at it and work at it."
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"Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number."
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"I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word "fair" in connection with income tax policies."
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"Destiny n: a tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure."
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"Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth."
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"Now, what tends to happen is that the stories get hyped. And the medicines are not quite as revolutionary and as dramatic as they seem to be. But, certainly, various phases of this problem are being attacked by the pharmaceutical companies."
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"We may either proceed from principles to facts, or recede from facts to principles."
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"Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly."
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"Commendation n: the tribute that we pay to achievements that resemble but do not equal our own."
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"There's a lot of things wrong with this country, but one of the few things still right with it is that a man can steer clear of the organized bullshit if he really wants to. It's a goddamned luxury, and if I were you, I'd take advantage of it while you can."
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"The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving."
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"This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history."
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"Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience."
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"Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success."
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"It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast."
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"Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent."
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"I think people tuned in a lot to see Barbara when she first came here and they just didn't like the show they saw. I think it was dull. It was sterile."
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"The Clinton era is over. I think that there would even have been a certain amount of rejoicing among some Republicans if Gore had won or if Ralph Nader had won or if Satan had won."
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"When you stop and look at so much of the kind of activism that has been triggered, the Tea Party and the like, as a result of Obama's efforts - TARP, the stimulus package, and now the health care reform - there is a lot of sense this government is changing."
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"But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children."
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"I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from different Ugandan peoples, it was the only way they could understand one another."
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"The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong"."
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"Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all."
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"Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add."
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"Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another."
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"And there is no getting away from the fact - and this is a key point of discontent among many who are upset with the health care reform bill is it didn't go far enough. They say why isn't it in place now? Why don't I see some benefits now? All I see is the potential for losing insurance coverage, for premiums going up. That's hurting Obama."
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