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Like wealth, or health, political freedom may simply be something that people don't value if they've always had it.
Many people no longer trust major media outlets to give them valuable information - and they may never do so again.
I'm sure there were plenty of loving, attentive mothers in the 'me generation,' but none of them lived at my house.
About a veteran player thrown out trying to steal second: There was larceny in his heart, but his legs were honest.
The credibility of the work depends on copy editors. I would argue with the copy desk, but I would thank them more.
I travel so much on stories, so I don't take vacation much, but one place I go back to again and again is my ranch.
Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.
I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.
Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime.
I've done a lot of stories over the years, and sometimes there are larks, and they're fun, and you kind of move on.
I was not very good at newspaper reporting. I'm just not quick enough, and I always tend to tell things as stories.
In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team.
A blur of blinks, taps, jiggles, pivots and shifts ... the body language of a man wishing urgently to be elsewhere.
A battle goes on in the stock market and the tape is your telescope. You can depend upon it seven out of ten cases.
I would not hesitate for a nanosecond to step in front of a bullet, to do anything to give my life for my children.
One of my favorite dishes in the world used to be steak tartare, which is raw ground beef seasoned and then served.
I think it's weird that the news cedes so much ground to Wikipedia. That isn't true in other informational sectors.
There is very strong historical data that suggest the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
I say let Matteo Renzi work. He took over a country that was in disarray, not florid. And not the other way around.
You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.
No woman in Afghanistan is in business without support from either her husband or her father or her uncle, someone.
International politics is not my strong suit. The older I get the less certain I am that I even HAVE a strong suit.
... it is possible for even the most deeply disturbed and desperately unbalanced among us to be a beautiful person.
God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.
If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society.
You have no choice but to live in the present, if you're really being open to events and people as they come along.
I just think that culturally, women - we're all human beings - but at least we don't have our masculinity to prove.
Anything can be used for or against the welfare of women - or the welfare of anyone - depending on who controls it.
We're never going to have democratic countries or peaceful countries until we have democratic or peaceful families.
I was taught that the search for truth and the search for justice are not incompatible and are, in fact, essential.
Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.
When a woman says she won't, it's a good sign that she will. And when she says she will, it is an even better sign.
There are some politicians who, if their constituents were cannibals, would promise them missionaries in every pot.
Only a jackass ever talks over his affairs with a woman, whether she be his sweetheart, wife, or sister, or mother.
The difference between the smartest dog and the stupidest man - say a Tennessee Holy Roller - is really very small.
To focus on matters beyond our control is to misdirect energy, waste time, and doom us to frustration and failure.
France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are 'made in America.'
Love wants to enjoy in other ways the human being whom it has enjoyed in bed; it looks forward to having breakfast.
Things are no longer what they seem to be. My telephones are haunted, and animals whisper at me from unseen places.
The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.
I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.
He knows which fighters to steal, how to exploit anyone's vice, vanity or insecurity and make a profit for himself.
One key to successful group decisions is getting people to pay much less attention to what everyone else is saying.
Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money - only for wanting to keep your own money.
Life may not be fair, but when you have someone to believe in, life can be managed, and sometimes, even miraculous.
The supply of leaks is very large. It's helpful for us to have more people in this industry. It's protective to us.
Has WikiLeaks been forced to do one thing rather than another in response to resource constraints? Yes. Constantly.