Walter Cronkite Quotes
I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life.
Quotes to Explore
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I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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I have great stories. I am going to write a book.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.
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A novelist can never be his own reader, except when he is ridding his manuscript of syntax errors, repetitions, or the occasional superfluous paragraph.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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As a general rule, when you comment on a blog, make it knowledgeable or witty and, most of all, relevant to that post - then, simply sign it with your name and your book title. Resist the urge to brag or sell your book.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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Any frequent visitor to Hawaii is fixated on mapping how the islands have changed since their last visit.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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Only the artists interest me whose hearts beat in unison with the poignant misery of the world. If you have not felt that, you have not lived. Pity is essential.
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Mice: What is the best early training for a writer? Y.C.: An unhappy childhood.
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I begin to suspect that England is the most melancholy country in the world.
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I am a simple man, though my wife says I am complicated. I'll trust her on that one.
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I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life.
