Calvin Trillin Quotes
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An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.
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Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump's case, lies.
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New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.
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The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
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I've never wanted to do anything but be a newspaperman ever since I was 13.
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My greatest regret is selling my company.
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We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.
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I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
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I think that's always very valuable: to keep the mind open to receiving all sorts of information, which can then be used in my work, but also just as a human being.
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I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.
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Never count on the crowd to take care of you.
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The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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The world's a scene of changes, and to be constant, in nature were inconstancy.
