Bill Vaughan Quotes
Official intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs was flawed, but even with its flaws, it was not what led to the war.
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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.
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I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.
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I don't think I'd want a revival. I'm not doing a tribute to myself.
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You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'
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I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel.
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Life is about balance, and we all have to make the effort in areas that we can to enable us to make a difference.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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Actors don't have real value.
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Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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I was looking for something like baseball, where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I discovered politics.
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I've got wealth and fame but I haven't changed my roots.
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Everybody tends to merge his identity with other people at the speed of light. It's called being mass man.
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I desperately want a dog, but I've been told I travel too much, and I'm not allowed to have a dog.
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War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.
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Official intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs was flawed, but even with its flaws, it was not what led to the war.
