James Reston Quotes
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
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What am I responsible for? Who am I responsible to? Everybody? How come when Archie Bunker nailed everybody, it was funny - but when I do it, it's not?
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I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
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I've always kind of had an interest in the drums but nothing else. The drums are the only thing I feel I would be good at, because I'm a very physical person. I've always played sports and stuff. Drums would give me something to do.
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I know there is pain when sawmills close and people lose jobs, but we have to make a choice. We need water and we need these forests.
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Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then.
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In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.
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An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
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I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman.
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I was young and so eager to make some money as well as get exposed and show my talent.
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As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and all those gangsters and Indians were just real people in costume.
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One of the most interesting social trends of the past 20 years is the rise of residential segregation. So rich are living with rich and poor are living with poor.
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I think there's a certain space people have decided I occupy - the funny-sidekick thing.
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I'm a Cubs fan. As a kid, the Cubs were my team.
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The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
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For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death.
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If they did it like they did it in '96 or whenever, just picking it from one meet, what if someone had the meet of their life but they're not usually a good competitor? That could be really bad for the team. So, I think this is the best way.
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Sound loves to revel in a summer night.
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'You just hatched out two weeks ago.' Kludd turned to Soren, his younger brother. 'What do you know about sisters?'Maybe, Soren thought to himself, they would be better than brothers.
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People give me things at shows-the Robot from Japan. What I would treasure the most is a little doll of the general from the movie-and if they don't make it, I'll make my own and bring it to shows and sign it.
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Who's to say a blues man can't play rock and roll?
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People live for the morrow, because the day-after-to-morrow is doubtful.
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The goal is to really blur the line. Can you perform a magic trick in a way that someone doesn't think it's a magic trick but is something amazing they haven't seen before? Then they have to wrestle with reality.
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This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
