"The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon; it is not for them to crown the edifice."

-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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“My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.”
“If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a smart accountant can keep a thief from paying taxes, a smart reporter could ruin your reputation- unfairly.”

Source : NBC TV, August 12, 1986.
“When people can't abide things as they are, when they can't abide the present, they do one of two things ... either they ... either they turn to a contemplation of the past ... or they set about to ... alter the future. And when you want to change something ... YOU BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!”
“Philanthropy can take the risks that others cannot or will not.”
“When you have a gown, there's much more to be concerned about. Where is this crease falling? Are you making a weird shape with the dress? Are you doing the designer justice? With a bathing suit, it's more about you and the mood you convey.”

Source : "Brooklyn Decker is everywhere before movies' debut". Interview with Samantha Critchell, www.yahoo.com. May 17, 2012.
“[Electronic newspapers will bring] plenty of ulcers for journalists because they'll have new deadlines every 60 seconds. It'll be a race to file. On the other hand, because space is infinite there will hopefully be more room for thoughtful pieces, longer pieces, the kind that a journalist wishes he or she could do but doesn't have the space.”
“We must raise the salaries of our operators or they will all be taken from us, that is, all that are good for anything. You will recollect that, at the first meeting of the Board of Directors, I took the ground that 'it was our policy to make the office of operator desirable, to pay operators well and make their situation so agreeable that intelligent men and men of character will seek the place and dread to lose it.' I still think so, and, depend upon it, it is the soundest economy to act on this principle.”
“In Cuba, I didn't even have a bicycle.”

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