William Lewis Safir (William Safire) Quotes
Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.
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There's no way to escape the fact that we've grown up in a violent culture, we just can't get away from it, it's part of our heritage. I think part of it is that we've always felt somewhat helpless in the face of this vast continent. Helplessness is answered in many ways, but one of them is violence.
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I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.
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I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.
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The 'chinked out' style is a school of hip hop - that's the way I like to think of it - that incorporates Chinese elements and sounds.
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I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restriction diet: The idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time, whether or not you want to, of course.
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I don't remember ever having writer's block. If I sit in there for four hours, I'll usually have something.
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I'm a creative person, so I have to stay busy.
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At the end of the day, yes, I'm looking to create a lot of wealth.
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Here's the thing - I'm single, I haven't been married, I don't have kids yet. If I do have kids I would be interested to see them in my life, so here's a movie for kids and I'm in there and I'm supposed to be kind of funny for kids.
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All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices.
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That first play I did in New York, Rogelio Martinez's 'When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba,' I played a young Fidel Castro.
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There's something about the shape that a poem takes in my mind before I write it that has to do with suddenness.
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I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail.
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Some people have theorized that I lurched to prove myself intellectually. But it was not any lurch. It was more a kind of awakening.
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I wish all men were like dogs.
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I want to be open about my condition to show others that they are not alone in dealing with this form of chronic hives. My advice for people with CIU is to talk to their doctor about their condition.
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There is a thing that happens when you are not as privileged and you start hanging out with a seedier crowd because you can afford to do the same things, ... And all of a sudden the big night out is sitting in somebody's trailer, smoking something or getting hold of something to put up to your nose.
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I do not care if the guy is yellow or black, or if he has stripes like a zebra. I'm the manager of this team, and I say he plays. What's more, I say he can make us all rich. And if any of you cannot use the money, I will see that you are all traded.
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The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way.
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The staff members of all banks have worked very hard, and we all owe them our gratitude.
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We have to pay close attention to what we see, and be ready to work with the unexpected according to the basic principles of systems biology and medicine.
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Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason.
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I used to be known as one of the strongest guys on the planet.
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Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.
