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Quotes by Journalist
"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."
18
"I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated."
18
"A poet laureate of adolescent sexuality and middle-age longing."
18
"People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don't consider it servitude."
18
"In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity."
18
"Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable."
18
"I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time - the anti-war movement, the civil rights movement. I worked on Bobby Kennedy's campaign for president as a teenager in California and the night he was killed."
18
"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."
18
"Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance."
18
"Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare."
18
"If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless."
18
"A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election."
17
"Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy."
17
"We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail."
Duty,
17
"You have to stand up for some things in this world."
17
"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."
17
"It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister."
17
"Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful."
17
"Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society."
17
"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."
17
"Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty."
17
"Originality is the art of concealing your source."
17
"The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps to a majority of Americans."
17
"I had looked forward so eagerly to leaving the horrible place, yet when my release came and I knew that God's sunlight was to be free for me again, there was a certain pain in leaving."
17
"We did not call it propaganda, for that word, in German hands, had come to be associated with deceit and corruption."
17
"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."
17
"When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall."
17
"I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored."
17
"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."
17
"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."
17
"Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid."
17
"It was a night when London was ringed and stabbed with fire."
17
"I think television often has dismissed younger people. They figure, well, they're not really watching news, that's not our audience."
17
"Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives."
17
"It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury."
17
"Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does."
17
"It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't."
17
"If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church."
17
"A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well."
16
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
16
"Our developers will make great games for whatever high-end platforms exist."
16
"I don't like being a voyeur, looking into other people's marriages."
16
"The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink."
16
"Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse."
16
"According to the Social Security Administration, in 1945, 41.9 workers supported each individual retiree, while today only 3.3 workers support each retiree. This system cannot continue."
16
"It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference."
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