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

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

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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
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• 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
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  • 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
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• 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.

  

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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.

  

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

  

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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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• 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.

  

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• I definitely have a real self-destructive streak.

  

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• One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.

  

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• When men's lives become extremely hard, women learn how to deal with them and assist them but also develop quiet systems of coping and managing.

  

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• I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you may have noticed, I have no hair.

  

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  • Leading
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• If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.'

  

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  • Words
  • Question

• Fred Astaire was retired when he worked in 'The Pleasure of His Company.' They were lucky to get him to play the father part.

  

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• 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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