Public Quotes
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
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A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to the general applause of wits who believe it's a joke.
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The fact is, that the public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesmanlike habits, supplies their demands.
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It gets harder and harder to make sure your public understands you're a sensitive human being, but I am sensitive. I don't like to be hurt.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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Public opinion exists only where there are no ideas.
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The public...demands certainties...But there are no certainties.
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By persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful.
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When I became governor, I vowed to restore the public's trust.
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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
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Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in, you will work on a wrong level all day; but swing the door wide open and pray to your Father in secret, and every public thing will be stamped with the presence of God.
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What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public - people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France.
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The public in many countries is understandably concerned by the commitment of substantial government resources to aid the financial industry when other industries receive little or no assistance. This disparate treatment, unappealing as it is, appears unavoidable.
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Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.
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It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.
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Certainly, I was typed. But what is typing? It is a trademark, a means by which the public recognizes you. Actors work all their lives to achieve that. I got mine with just one picture. It was a blessing.
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You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
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The Israeli public is frustrated with the way it is portrayed abroad.
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I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
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The Obama administration has provided almost no public information about the NSA's compliance record.
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Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
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I have a very small public.
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I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
