William Lewis Safir (William Safire) Quotes
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Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and that I had been happy in being this or that kind of fool.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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We shook up the industry with our landscape-changing deal to acquire Time Warner, the logical next step in our strategy to bring together world-class content with best-in-class distribution which will drive innovation and more choice for consumers.
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The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed.
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
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I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
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My wife has a horror the children will start talking American if we spend too much time out there.
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My coldest days, my darkest days, ain't no sun out, all I got is my fans. They the only people I ride for. Believe it or not, if you're a real Fat Joe fan, a Terror Squad fan, I do it for ya'll.
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People don't usually compliment your character.
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In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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Cosmonauts can keep their word like men and women - particularly women.
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I didn't really enjoy being at college, because I was putting myself through college. We just didn't have the money. I was responsible for that, so I was constantly looking for scholarships, grants, and work-study opportunities.
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We do not wish, we do not need to expel the Arabs and take their place. All our aspirations are built upon the assumption - proven throughout all our activity in the Land - that there is enough room in the country for ourselves and the Arabs.
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I was stupid enough to think that we ought to speak the truth about each person eulogised, and to make this the foundation, and from these truths to choose the most beautiful things and arrange them in the most elegant way; and I was quite proud to think how well I should speak, because I believed that I knew the truth.
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I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
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Never assume the obvious is true.
