William Lewis Safir (William Safire) Quotes
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I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.
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When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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People talk about method actors, meaning someone that's prepared very, very well, or whatever they mean when they talk about it. But the right method is whatever works for you. And what works for me on any given day is going to be different.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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Probably I understand very much the people who rise against injustice.
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My junior high was dreadful. I see a lot of my fellow alumni on America's Most Wanted.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and let the bad out, and then you can be funny.
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Being able to laugh is sexy in a man or woman.
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Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
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I loved that it was about human relationships and then it was a mystery without falling into the trap of a thriller per se, because it pulled you in through people rather than through events or effects.
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He who refuses to learn deserves extinction.
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I have a rich, full, textured life.
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I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.
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I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
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The U.S. government is gradually homing in on the more important chat forums and websites. The problem is, by now, many of these sites have gone underground, in some cases, changing their names and domains, adding logins and passwords, and locking out anyone who doesn't speak Arabic. Government bureaucracies are simply not agile or adept enough to keep up with this constantly evolving challenge.
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I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens.
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Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue.
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Top management as a function and as a structure was first developed by Georg von Siemens (1839-1901) in Germany between 1870 and 1880, when he designed and built the Deutsche Bank and made it, within a very few years, into continental Europe's leading and most dynamic financial institution.
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What a joy it is to see really professional media manipulation.
