William Lewis Safir (William Safire) Quotes
I could get a better education interviewing John Steinbeck than talking to an English professor about novels.
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
Walter Kirn
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My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.
Randy Alcorn
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Even with revivals, I don't really pay attention to previous incarnations. I always just go with the script and with the director and am willing to treat it as brand new.
Kate Baldwin
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
Gail Simmons
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It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove.
Owen D. Young
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For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
J. B. Pritzker
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If you have ever driven around London and seen the amount of one way systems... they basically rubbed out all car chase crime. In fact, if you get bank robberies in the U.K., they're using scooters.
Edgar Wright
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I got into rhythmic gymnastics when I was four years old.
Yana Kudryavtseva
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There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
Zora Neale Hurston
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If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'
Carine Roitfeld
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Social media is interesting. It helps me connect with fans. It's immediate. It's a big part of my touring business - getting the word out via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Hannibal Buress
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I'm having trouble understanding why there hasn't been further progress on CalgaryNext.
Gary Bettman
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Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what's important. In a second, life can change. Don't ever forget to say thank you for love and family. What good is your success without them?
Jaclyn Smith
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Don't judge me. I made a lot of money.
Samantha Bee
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An ice-fishing shanty is basically a tin outhouse on a frozen lake, except that in an outhouse, the hole has a purpose. In ice fishing, the hole is what you stare at for hours, hoping that at some point you'll break the monotony by falling in.
W. Bruce Cameron
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Man is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through this he becomes immortal.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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I do not discriminate about size. I design dresses to accentuate a woman's positives, whether you are a size 0 or a size 3X.
Tadashi Shoji
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I love having the support of my caucus. We have a good working relationship.
Nancy Pelosi
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The artist who does not feel completely satisfied by elegant lines, by harmonious colors, and by a beautiful succession of chords does not understand the art of music.
Camille Saint-Saens
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I'm glad I escaped the clutches of those evil gnomes... I'm talking, of course, about Puerto Ricans.
Thomas Edward Yorke Atoms for Peace
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When I adapt a novel, I don’t really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of Darkness. Novels usually have so much rich material.
Francis Ford Coppola
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People who wrote literary novels about the past probably didn't want them pegged as historical fiction. Certainly that was true in England.
Hilary Mantel
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Woman was merely man's helpmate, a function which pertains to her alone. She is not the image of God but as far as man is concerned, he is by himself the image of God.
Saint Augustine
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I could get a better education interviewing John Steinbeck than talking to an English professor about novels.
William Lewis Safir