Joseph Pulitzer Quotes
There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.
Quotes to Explore
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When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.
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I am proud to be a member of the Congress of the United States.
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I find it to be easier to write from a man's point of view.
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It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture.
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Teams need the opportunity to learn about each other's capabilities and develop productive routines. So once we get the right people on the bus, let's make sure they spend some time driving together.
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There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.
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There is an unwritten social rule now that you can harangue the wealthy to give money away, but you mustn't ask how the money was made. There are no galas celebrating the money people knew better than to seek. Charity begins after profit.
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Friendship was another illusion like love, though it did not reach the same mad heights. People pretended that they were friends, when the fact was they were brought together by force of circumstances.
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I always made stuff but never thought, I'm going to be an artist.
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I tried piano, acting, and a bunch of things. My family let me do what I wanted to do; they made sure I had balance in my life because I was self-driven. Listen to your kid, encourage them, and make it fun.
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None love to speak so much, when the mood of speaking comes, as they who are naturally taciturn.
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What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.
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There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distill it out.
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Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.
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You can get in a cab in Vancouver and the 20-year-old driver speaks more knowingly of Michael Ovitz than anyone in the industry. They just know! And it's perhaps not unhealthy.
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We read in a press release that there were suicide notes. No one has called us about those suicide notes. We don't know what those notes say.
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The preparation I had in college was the most valuable.
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The more welfare, the more crime.
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We are living in the era of premeditation and the perfect crime. Our criminals are no longer helpless children who could plead love as their excuse. On the contrary, they are adults and the have the perfect alibi: philosophy, which can be used for any purpose - even for transforming murderers into judges.
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There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.
