William Lewis Safir (William Safire) Quotes

Do not be taken in by 'insiderisms.' Fledgling columnists, eager to impress readers with their grasp of journalistic jargon, are drawn to such arcane spellings as 'lede.' Where they lede, do not follow.

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• It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.

  

  Bat for Lashes
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• I love cycling.

  

  Natalie Dormer
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• I learned a lot from not having success, and realizing when you do have success, how hard it is to maintain it, and what you have to do to maintain it.

  

  Randy Johnson
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• Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.

  

  Kaitlin Olson
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• If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.

  

  W. C. Fields
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• I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.

  

  G. Willow Wilson
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• Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.

  

  Kate Clinton
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• Mr. Balanchine wanted me to be myself. He didn't want me to look like anyone else. I love teaching our company dancers the Balanchine ballets. I try to give them what was passed down to me and what I learned from him. They dance it so beautifully. It also keeps me close to Mr. Balanchine. He's with me every single day.

  

  Patricia McBride
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• I don't particularly get nervous about anything.

  

  Fabrice Muamba
  • Anything
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  • Nervous

• The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.

  

  Babyface
  • Mind
  • Fun
  • Quality

• I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.

  

  Langston Hughes
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  • Me
  • Democracy

• Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.

  

  Samuel Alexander
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• If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • Up
  • Sleep
  • Worry

• In today's world, social media, people get judged so much by the last thing that happened, I almost feel, in a way, young people get to see that not only is it OK to fail - that's the way you get to championship success, whether it's sports or business or life.

  

  Dan Gilbert
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• When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

  

  Zig Ziglar
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• Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?

  

  Baba Kalyani
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• Even on TV appearances or big shows, I don't know if I've ever been as nervous as I was my first time doing stand-up. I just remember getting offstage and sitting down, and my right knee was just shaking from the adrenaline.

  

  Hannibal Buress
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  • Time
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• To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

  

  Og Mandino
  • Thinking
  • Cold
  • Doing

• Golf is a game, and talk and discussion is all to the interests of the game. Anything that keeps the game alive and prevents us being bored with it is an advantage. Anything that makes us think about it, talk about it, and dream about it is all to the good and prevents the game becoming dead.

  

  Alastair Mackenzie
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  • Talk
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• I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.

  

  Randy Jackson Breakfast Club
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• Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth. (22 August 1944)

  

  Eleanor Roosevelt
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  • Character
  • August

• When they kissed she immediately felt his tongue, tensed and strong, pushing past her teeth, like some bully shouldering his way into a room. Entering her.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • She
  • Past
  • Strong

• Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior.

  

  Georg Brandes
  • Life
  • Time
  • Good

• Do not be taken in by 'insiderisms.' Fledgling columnists, eager to impress readers with their grasp of journalistic jargon, are drawn to such arcane spellings as 'lede.' Where they lede, do not follow.

  

  William Lewis Safir
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