Public Quotes
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On top of the horror of separating from your wife, you have to go through it in public.
Norman Quentin Cook -
Why was the public so forgiving? Partly because everybody was still in love with the legacy of Steve Jobs, who was never the world’s most diplomatic guy (in fact, he may have invented Cheat 5 about pissing people off) but was somebody who never got accused of not giving a shit. People knew he lived and breathed his products, and in a world of depersonalized, manipulative commerce, that was exactly what it took to build brand loyalty, and in turn create the most golden of opportunities: the second chance. When you get a do-over on your screw-ups, you can almost always find the fix.
Brian Wong
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Good Lord! who can account for the fathomless folly of the public?
Rudyard Kipling -
At the next election he'll offer the British public an alternative that provides weight and substance and seriousness in a political debate that is, frankly, increasingly obsessed with modishness and flim-flam.
Paddy Ashdown -
If the public dislikes one of my Post covers, I can't help disliking it myself.
Norman Rockwell -
There are many satisfactions in public architecture but one of the greatest is the moment when you unveil a project and suddenly a group of adults
Curtis W. Fentress -
All four of my grandparents were educators, my mom was a school nurse, and I went through the public school system.
Erin Cummings -
Regis has a great rapport with the American public.
Winston Conrad Martindale
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Certainly when you do a work for a public space, you lose control.
Alfredo Jaar -
I feel like an outsider sometimes. Sometimes being more public makes me feel uncomfortable. I'll have people asking me for autographs in Thailand and I'll ask if they've seen my films and they'll say, "No, but I know who you are and I like the way you look - I like the skinhead look."
Apichatpong Weerasethakul -
If you're a public figure, and if you're working in the White House, you should expect everything you're saying in any context to be leaked.
Meghan McCain -
The tension between public and private science is powerful.
Wil S. Hylton -
You can't negotiate in public. People won't make concessions in public. They will do that in private. Like sausage making, you have to do it behind closed doors.
Jonathan Powell -
The possible impact of the virus [Zika] an extraordinary event and a public health threat to other parts of the world.
Margaret Chan
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Public work brings a vicarious but assured sense of immortality. We may be poor, weak, timid, in debt to our landlady, bullied by our nieces, stiff in the joints, shortsighted and distressed; we shall perish, but the cause endures; the cause is great.
Winifred Holtby -
My chief task has been to conquer fear. The public sees only the thrill of the accomplished trick; they have no conception of the tortuous preliminary self-training that was necessary to conquer fear.
Harry Houdini -
I come from the showbiz side of things. As I say, my father was a tap dancer. You do everything you can to entertain the public.
Chris Slade -
Amateurs are not afraid to make mistakes or look ridiculous in public. They're in love, so they don't hesitate to do work that others think of as silly or just plain stupid.
Austin Kleon -
I want to assure the public that the center is continuing its operation of activities for those with visual problems. Negotiations are under way for sale of the property, which was donated by the Sturges family. The center is remaining open.
J. M. Roberts -
I know that every time I step on the stage it's a real gift, so I try not to take it for granted, and I try to make it an experience that the public can really participate in.
Joyce DiDonato
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Public office is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Boies Penrose -
The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.
Mahatma Gandhi -
One of the things you learn being in the public eye is that you have the ability to raise awareness about serious issues, and, in the process, really help people.
Mena Suvari -
Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual distinction and are capable of every vice, but who make a display of none in public and about whom no one can affirm they have a single one. There is something supple and secret about them. Besides, their perversity gives spice to their most innocent occupations, such as taking a walk in the garden at night.
Marcel Proust