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Quotes by Journalist
"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self."
30
"The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion."
30
"If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it."
Will,
30
"So, it, of course, makes one wonder how many other people there might be who are completely innocent, who have been sent by the U.S. to countries where they've been interrogated, and in some instances it seems tortured."
30
"Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."
30
"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."
30
"The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract."
29
"After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think I had been, consciously and subconsciously, biting my tongue in the past."
29
"I love food and I love everything involved with food. I love the fun of it. I love restaurants. I love cooking, although I don't cook very much. I love kitchens."
29
"Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views."
29
"It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't."
29
"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,
29
"Living in Washington, you can't take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to."
29
"Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese."
29
"People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don't consider it servitude."
29
"Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance."
29
"There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance."
29
"I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter."
29
"So I had to be the doctor to these wounded men until we could remove them to the hospital. There were fifty-four women and forty little boys with the Red Army prisoners, and I went daily to take care of them also."
29
"If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless."
29
"Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money?"
28
"You have to stand up for some things in this world."
28
"Fear... is forward. No one is afraid of yesterday."
28
"There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that."
28
"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence."
28
"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."
28
"In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story."
28
"All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them."
28
"Of course, I'm drawn to a place like Iraq because It's the biggest story of our generation."
28
"I don't think business news is just for old white men with money."
28
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found."
27
"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."
27
"The truth is that most small businesses will not succeed and you need to be emotionally prepared for this."
27
"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them."
27
"I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it."
27
"A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking."
27
"The first thing they were told was how to hone their talent. Then they were told how to market their talent, discipline their talent and type their talent. And then they were told they might as well forget about talent."
27
"My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint."
27
"There is one question that I don't think Gary Condit can answer, and that I think is why we all aimed at Gary Condit, besides the fact that he has a relationship."
27
"Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance."
27
"Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger."
26
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
26
"Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy."
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