"In Washington it is an honor to be disgraced. you have to have been somebody to fall."

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Meg Greenfield

#Fall Quotes #Honor Quotes

“The great stories go to those who aren't afraid to live them”
“Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.”
“When something's wrong, even though you're the one doing it, you shouldn't feel defensive about it. It's hard because you have to protect yourself as a person in your life, but you can't protect yourself as an actor. You have to just take criticism.”
“We Americans are interested only in the consumption of our products. We have no interest in how they are produced, or what happens to them once we discard them, once we throw them away.”
“I want people to see the truth.”

Source : "'We Steal Secrets': Alex Gibney’s New Documentary Explores the Story of WikiLeaks". "Democracy Now" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. January 23, 2013.
“Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.”
“When I was a kid I was always afraid of small dogs, because they always seemed like the ones that would attack.”
“I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers and I've done that on a lot of my records and played things by American composers that I really respect.”

Source : "Charlie Haden Remembers Tomorrow". Interview With Mike Brannon, www.allaboutjazz.com. March 7, 2003.

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