David Talbot Quotes
The entire American media apparatus bought into the drug war - which is an enormously damaging and costly undertaking for this country - and there wasn't enough critical reporting about it and that's why it's gotten out of hand.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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I haven't leaked anything to anybody. They are wrong!
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I work in my attic, and the view is next door's chimney stack.
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me.
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Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.
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What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
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Everything in life has a price on it - there ain't a damn thing free in America, and football has got a price on it.
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If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.
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I'm really Wallace Beery in 'The Champ.'
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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A number of people in the United States, almost everyone, is using plastic cards to pay for things, but it's extremely difficult to accept these cards. So let's make it's easy and take more and more of the friction out as we can.
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I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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I've seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.
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I would never recommend losing on a bye, so that one definitely stays with you.
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He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.
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Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.
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A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set.
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Documentary: That’s a sophisticated and misleading word. And not really clear… The term should be documentary style… You see, a document has use, whereas art is really useless.
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Opinions differ as to the reasons why he became the futile laborer of the underworld. To begin with, he is accused of a certain levity in regard to the gods. He stole their secrets.
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I'm never sick. Why get sick? It's a waste of time.
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The entire American media apparatus bought into the drug war - which is an enormously damaging and costly undertaking for this country - and there wasn't enough critical reporting about it and that's why it's gotten out of hand.
