Bob Woodward Quotes
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.
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I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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I think you could find some waves on the west side of Denmark, but I never tried it.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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Inauguration Day is like two ships passing in the night: the new staff moving in while the other walks out, taking one final look at the White House lawn as they leave with their cardboard box of possessions.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace.
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No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
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Yes, it's absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly - until you can learn to do it well.
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I'm very much an observer and a conduit of thoughts and ideas.
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I call it like I see it. I don't hold back when it comes to being candid on the hot issues.
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My wife is Asian. She's Filipino. Alright, well, okay, so that explains it. Now you know why you see me at all those Filipino events. I'm not there picking up pussy, I'm dropping some off.
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They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
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I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.
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All good work is done in defiance of management.
