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Quotes by Journalist
"The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation is down, and their profits are down."
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"I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate."
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."
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"If the ancients had been able to see it as I see it now, Mr. Palomar thinks, they would have thought they had projected their gaze into the heaven of Plato's ideas, or in the immaterial space of the postulates of Euclid; but instead, thanks to some misdirection or other, this sight has been granted to me, who fear it is too beautiful to be true, too gratifying to my imaginary universe to belong to the real world. But perhaps it is this same distrust of our senses that prevents us from feeling comfortable in the universe. Perhaps the first rule I must impose on myself is this: stick to what I see."
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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."
68
"Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable."
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"The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them."
67
"There's the great line: the definition of a liberal is someone who's afraid to take their own side in a fight. And that's my problem with my fellow liberals."
67
"A certain number of Americans are already in Peking and most of us here feel that it would be very useful for the United States and especially for the Left-wing progressive movement in the United States if groups of students such as you mention could make a tour of China."
67
"Humility is no substitute for a good personality."
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"I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton."
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"I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning."
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"Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese."
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"The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis."
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"Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure."
66
"The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion."
66
"The rich pay more in total taxes now than ever before - ever. It's true. Just like it's true that when the rich are convinced they're going to be taxed more, they spend less. And when the top few percenters don't spend, there goes all your spending, because they account for half of all retail spending."
66
"How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me."
66
"Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."
66
"Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control."
66
"Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before."
Will,
66
"This is a tough environment, and it's tough for everybody."
66
"Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money?"
65
"Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy."
65
"It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits."
65
"The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed."
65
"The police chief of Hiroshima welcomed me eagerly as the first Allied correspondent to reach the city."
65
"Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do."
Risk,
65
"When evil acts in the world it always manages to find instruments who believe that what they do is not evil but honorable."
65
"I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated."
65
"It was so quiet that morning in Paris that the heels of my two companions and myself were loud on the deserted pavements. It was a city of shuttered shops, and barred windows, and deserted avenues."
65
"Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way."
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"And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place."
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"Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise."
64
"I try to ask visual questions. I'll ask what someone was wearing, if that seems relevant. If possible, I'll walk over the same ground that they're depicting. Of course, I can never get it precisely as it was."
64
"A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints."
64
"I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and then it will go on overload and blow up."
64
"Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out."
64
"Between 1910 and 1950 approximately 350 lives of Jesus were published in the English language alone."
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"Happiness is a direction, not a place."
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"There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred - by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our music, poetry, blue jeans."
64
"It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam."
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"Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance."
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"For me, the key is I always have to be the same person.If someone was to hear me say something on Fox and hear me say something different on NPR, they would say, 'The guy is a hypocrite.'"
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