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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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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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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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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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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Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.
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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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The unraveling that I experienced much earlier in the Vietnam war than many people think, was due to the immediate foxhole experiences. But once I got back home and began to follow the war on TV and in the press I began to see this enormous con game - I can't think of any other word for it - that government and the military was foisting on the American people, especially on the young men of my generation, and even worse, the young men of my generation who weren't particularly economically or intellectually privileged.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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Just like the threat of mutually assured destruction from nuclear weapons, an extensive war in space would make space useless, and the decisions taken today will influence the use of space for many generations to come.
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I really try to wake up with my music the same as I do with my life, and that is with no expectations. I just feel what I feel that day and follow it.
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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.
