Edgar Hilsenrath Quotes
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There is something about poverty that smells like death.
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Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.
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I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.
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You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.
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But it was hard to leave because the show's been so important in our lives.
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The greatly anticipated 2009 Masters was like going to a Broadway hit and finding out that the star, Sir Tiger Woods, was off that night, and his replacement was the cab driver who dropped you off at the theater.
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When you are sick, you are sick. Period.
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Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music.
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When I was 5 years old I would lie in bed, look at the radio, and I wanted to be on the radio. I don't know why.
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It's important not to ditch your mates when you're in a relationship. Lots of girls do it, but you need to remember they will always be there for you.
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It is clear that while our Army was engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq, Russia studied U.S. capabilities and vulnerabilities and embarked on an ambitious and largely successful modernization effort.
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An important part of any focusing regimen is to set aside time at the end of the day - just before going to sleep - to acknowledge your successes, review your goals, focus on your successful future, and make specific plans for what you want to accomplish the next day.
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It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
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The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes.
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What we in industry learned in dealing with people is that people do not work just for money and that if you are trying to motivate, money is not the most effective tool.
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Every manager must be prepared to face every situation.
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Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.
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I think at any point, as an artist, whatever the medium - just having an audience means the world.
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I feel like there are comic book artists who are comic book artists, and then there's comic book artists who are cartoonists.
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I have a little kitchen office at home, where I do all my kids' stuff.
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In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years.
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The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.
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All human beings hang by a thread, an abyss may open under their feet at any moment, and yet they have to go and invent all sortsof difficulties for themselves and spoil their lives.
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The Jews in the ghetto were every bit as imperfect as human beings anywhere else.
