William Lewis Safir (William Safire) Quotes
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If a division becomes insolvent, the credit markets' reaction to that is immediate - regardless of what period of time you think you have to remedy.
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The correlation of quality of life and cost of energy is huge.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.
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I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write what you have to write, and if you're afraid it's going to upset someone, don't publish it.
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I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.
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My dad was a kind of semiprofessional Dixieland-type drummer, and I learned the drums from him. When I was about twelve, we bought our first Ludwig drum set from a pawnshop - a marching-band bass drum, great big tom-toms, and big, deep snare drums.
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We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field.
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I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.
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I don't approve of the notion that we should be announcing who should step down from the position of a head of a state unless we are seriously prepared to remove that person. But if we are not, if we are being prudent and careful, then let's also be careful with how we talk.
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The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.
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We've seen the power of the PC, and we've seen that it's unstoppable.
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I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.
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I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.
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The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity.
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It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.
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It's a trip but it hasn't crossed over to the point where women are throwing their panties at me.
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I stopped acting when I was 19. The only time I acted again was during the war, when there were no other Nazis available.
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In the unspoilt state of innocent childhood, practically every human being has a natural and direct feeling for the existence of God Almighty. But as time passes, this faith may be deflected and people start believing in other powers - political, economic or social.
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Other people might have family - three kids or five houses. In my case, that doesn't exist. I'm going to give everything away. Everything has been transferred to charitable trusts. There is no question about that. The question is where, not if.
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If the IMF is correct (a big if), China will be the planet's No.1 economy by 2016. That means whoever's elected in November next year will be the last president of the United States to preside over the world's dominant economic power.
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And with a weak president, we have got a chaotic world. Donald Trump is going to come in. He's going to provide strong leadership. His positions are going to be very clear. And with that clarity, it is going to become a safer world.
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Carter is the best President the Soviet Union ever had.
