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Reagan is the only man to take the presidency as a part-time job, a means of filling up the otherwise empty hours of retirement.
The shameless criminality of Lenin, Stalin, and the Cheka cast a long shadow, but I don't see their kind returning anytime soon.
She wondered what she thought of herself, and came to the realization that she felt mostly indifference towards her entire life.
Conflict is part of being a foreign correspondent; spending long hours talking to politicians in capitals is another part of it.
Every era has its cartoon rich guys, but most of them are actual cartoons - Daddy Warbucks, Scrooge McDuck, C. Montgomery Burns.
Trying to keep up is the ultimate act of uncoolness. And so I still retrieve not one but two daily newspapers from the driveway.
Animals can seem more pure. Without complication, I mean, animals are selfless. What animals do for us, they do out of instinct.
Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.
We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure.
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future.
Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated notions.
What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth.
Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards. Wherever I go I meet innovators of wind power equipment, solar energy operators.
Obviously China is clearly taking the lead in some areas, but when it comes to the most advanced innovation, it's still America.
When it comes to dealing with the world's climate and energy challenges, I have a simple rule: change America, change the world.
The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it.
Writing is physical work. It's sweaty work. You just can't will yourself to become a good writer. You really have to work at it.
If you think about it, Washington's overwhelming power in the world is founded on death, the awesome arsenal for killing people.
You see a lot over 30 years and you try to be professional and responsible. A lot of the interviews you do can be very haunting.
The world isn't going backward, if you can just stay young enough to remember what it was really like when you were really young.
We should put away the militaristic outlook. The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.
When you have made a catalogue of your friend's faults it is only fair to supply him with a duplicate, so that he may know yours.
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.
MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.
Age - That period of life in which we compound for the vices that remain by reviling those we have no longer the vigor to commit.
PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.
Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.
If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they're more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way.
Cities are not static objects to be feared or admired, but are instead a living process that residents are changing all the time.
At different times my children went to Polish, British, and American schools, and they learned about 'the nation' in all of them.
Independent judges have always frustrated governments that don't see why unelected arbiters of the law should stand in their way.
A truly submissive woman is to be treasured, cherished and protected for it is only she who can give a man the gift of dominance.
No matter how many media for the dissemination of news are created, there is one rule that should never be broken:TELLTHE PEOPLE!
For a North Korean watcher, seeing 'The Interview' is like seeing an earnest endeavor reflected back through a freak-show mirror.
I'd like 'Morning News' to become a great first edition electronic newspaper, so that the 'New York Times' will want to watch us.
I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.
And the true listener is much more beloved, magnetic than the talker, and he is more effective and learns more and does more good
I think that what people want from cable news channels is the sense that if there's hard news, it's going to come up immediately.
In television, everything is gone with the speed of light, literally. It is no field for anybody with intimations of immortality.
Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.
The man who never in his life Has washed the dishes with his wife Or polished up the silver plate - He still is largely celibate.
With Rudy [ Giuliani], [Donald Trump] will - the minute they push him too far and start manipulating, he will - he will lash out.
A lot of women have come to understand that you can't just show up and say I'm unhappy, you have to then go out and do something.
The world is not ideal, and the only weapon we can give our children is information. Information which is not pretty, but honest.
I made the apologies that needed to be made, and so I didn't feel that Media Matters was a continuing form of saying I was sorry.
It is an outrage that Donald Trump can swear and scream on national television and no one says boo about how he presents himself.
Anyone who's had a casual conversation with his neighbors or is cognizant of reality TV should already be petrified of democracy.
When you're writing for the New York Times someone reading it knows the topic better than you do and knows when you've messed up.
One of the rather unedifying truths about grief is it does block out more or less everything. It has a solipsistic quality to it.