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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Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.
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In France, I would like to worth with Patrice Chereau, who made 'Queen Margot.'
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I've never taken myself too seriously.
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The mishandling of the would-be airplane bomber Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab's visa is only the latest piece of evidence that the granting of visas should be taken away from the State Department. For the granting of visas - especially today, when terrorism is such a complex threat - is far closer to being a law-enforcement function.
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I don't feel like singing should be taken lightly. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it's coming along.
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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.
