Pete Hamill Quotes
The blogosphere might be very useful as propaganda or as therapy. But it's not journalism.
Quotes to Explore
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Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done.
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Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.
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I don't know what it is about me. I don't know if there's something strange... but I continue to play aliens, so there's obviously something there.
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By five or six, when the heels start to hurt, I kick off my shoes and walk bare feet. But that's not a big deal. Nobody else is at the office at that time, and as for singing loudly, I don't sing loudly. I might hum a tune at times when I am thinking about something, but that's all fine.
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I believe that writers have a responsibility to evolve the language, whether by introducing new words or new usages. Shakespeare alone is responsible for something like 3400 words and phrases.
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Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.
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I'm a '90s baby.
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I have an obsession with knowing the answers to things. When I don't know what happened, it just bothers me, gets under my skin, and I need to write about it.
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Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses.
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We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
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I'm a pro-life candidate because I believe that science is proving us right every day.
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To find a pool of lawyers from whom to choose, solicit referrals from other professionals you know or deal with - an accountant, banker or business leader. Check out Bar Association listings as well, and don't neglect Internet research.
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The great thing about 'American High' is that, every year, you can do a completely different environment.
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You start blocking out things, and that's a really important part of taking a picture is the ability to isolate what you're - what you're concentrating on.
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Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful.
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I always improvise with the crowd. Sometimes it will be a 50 percent show, sometimes 70 percent, sometimes it's almost a whole show where I wing it. It depends on my mood, the energy in the room. For sure, a portion of it is just kind of winging it.
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Translators are like busy match-makers: they sing the praises of some half-veiled beauty, and extol her charms, and arouse an irresistible longing for the original.
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I'd rather somebody punch me in the face than drop my sax.
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No sooner is the exploitation of the labourer by the manufacturer, so far, at an end, that he receives his wages in cash, than he is set upon by the other portions of the bourgeoisie, the landlord, the shopkeeper, the pawnbroker, etc.
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I only played to the best of my ability and with passion. Call it what you will.
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Gaga is an entertainer, so a hat for her is part of the illusion of entertaining.
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The blogosphere might be very useful as propaganda or as therapy. But it's not journalism.
