New York is a galaxy of adventure at once elegant, exciting and bizarre. It’s a city that moves so fast, it takes energy just to stand still.
BARBARA WALTERSThe news media in general are liberals.
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Work harder than everybody. You’re not going to get it by whining, and you’re not going to get it by shouting, and you’re not going to get it by quitting. You’re going to get it by being there.
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First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish.
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The feeling is that Fidel Castro’s much bigger than he actually is.
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Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters – and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
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And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it’s enormously comforting to believe that you’re going to see your loved ones.
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Every genius I have met could be classified as crazy by most people. They possess the highest level of sanity that us people find difficult to understand and accept.
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Don’t let the bastards get you down.
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For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.
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I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.
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Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.
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If you were a tree, what kind would you be?
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
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If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
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To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another’s life.
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Mr. President, Mrs. Obama. There is a photograph of you [hugging] that went viral, became the most shared photograph in the history of Twitter. How do you keep the fire going?
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I didn’t have a very religious family.
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Every genius I have met could be classified as crazy by most people. They possess the highest level of sanity that us people find difficult to understand and accept.
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I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
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Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna – or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
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I didn’t get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!
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Because there are so many shows on and because I’ve been so hands-on – I’ve had a piece on almost every single week – I don’t know how to cut back on that. You really can’t.
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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn’t.
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The news media in general are liberals.
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A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence and refinement so they think they will impress others with their command of obscure words.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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