I. F. Stone Quotes
You've really got to wear a chastity belt in Washington to preserve your journalistic virginity. Once the secretary of state invites you to lunch
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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I was brought up the Mexican way, where actors are paid very little and every part you take is an act of faith. If people respect that, then great.
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.
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You go from thinking of yourself as primarily an individual to suddenly being a mother, first and foremost.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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I didn't understand key signatures or anything, you know. I'd say silly things at the top of a trumpet part like, 'Note, when you play B naturals, make the B naturals a half step lower because they sound funny if they're B naturals.' And some guy said: 'Idiot, just put a flat on the third line and it's a key signature, you know?'
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Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
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I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.
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I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my CDs?' And the process of answering these questions through music follows. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it backfires.
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The Keynesian belief that 'demand' is always at the root of underemployment and slow growth is a fallacy.
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My hair was long with a fringe, and people would make jokes, calling me Britney and Lady Gaga.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.
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I don't suppose a writing man ever really gets rid of his old crocus-yellow neckties. Sooner or later, I think, they show up in his prose, and there isn't a hell of a lot he can do about it.
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Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.
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Ivy is of longevity.
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Why do Republicans hate gay marriage so much? They certainly don't hate gay prostitutes.
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How like fish we are: ready, nay eager, to seize upon whatever new thing some wind of circumstance shakes down upon the river of time! … Even so, I think there is some virtue in eagerness, whether its object prove true or false.
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What we strive for is how we can provide the best performance and best design, whatever the customers want.
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My wife says I can't remember if she has milk in coffee.
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That's one of the things I'm most proud of is the character of the guys on this roster. They're anxious to step up and play for their country.
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You've really got to wear a chastity belt in Washington to preserve your journalistic virginity. Once the secretary of state invites you to lunch
