Raymond Kelly (Raymond Walter Kelly) Quotes
If you go into any department store these days, your picture is probably taken 30 times. In London there are 500,000 cameras in public spaces. You have no expectation of privacy in public spaces.
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The difference between eccentricity and originality in historical studies is often difficult to detect at first encounter. When a radically new interpretation of a large segment of history makes its appearance, time is needed to sift the evidence.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
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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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A certain tiny percentage of everyone is gay.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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Belief is not restricted to a brief affirmation based on imitation; rather, it has degrees and stages of development. It is like a seed growing into a fully grown, fruit-bearing tree; like the sun's image in a mirror or in a drop of water to its images on the sea's surface and to the sun itself.
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Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!
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One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.
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One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to without feeling guilty.
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Music has that ability to be a magical thing, and I was like, maybe music is the vehicle that transports us to that other world.
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I keep returning to the combination of artichoke, broad beans and lemon. The freshness of young beans and the lemon juice 'lifts' the artichoke and balances its hearty nature.
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You're always going to be more judgmental about your own performance than anyone else.
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I will not say I would not serve if the good people were imprudent enough to elect me.
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When we associate with others we really associate with ourselves. We like or dislike in others whatever we like or dislike in ourselves.
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That he, in his developed manhood, stoodA little sunburnt by the glare of life;While I . . it seemed no sun had shone on me.
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A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories.
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I've certainly learned a great deal from my husband, though, and could never have written a book like Liquor without him and the people he introduces me to and the stories he brings home.
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Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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I remember when I was a private soldier. I remember the days when I was taken care of and when I was not taken care of.
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If you go into any department store these days, your picture is probably taken 30 times. In London there are 500,000 cameras in public spaces. You have no expectation of privacy in public spaces.
