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“journalism was for me more than a business or a profession. It was a way of living, of experiencing the world even as I instantly distanced myself from it, in order to recreate what I'd witnessed for the public.”
Source : Andrea Mitchell (2006). “Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels”, p.137, Penguin
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“Be careful how you talk about God. He's the only God we have. If you let him go he won't come back. He won't even look back over his shoulder. And then what will you do?”
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“Got nothing to do with trying. You like someone, or you don't. If you're 'trying', you don't.”
Source : Lionel Shriver (2013). “Big Brother”, p.11, HarperCollins UK
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“Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don't care if they lose it; they'll just make another one.”
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“As soon as you Botox your smile lines away, you lose part of your identity.”
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“Oh, the transition concerns me because as we move towards an important political event, it's clear to me that the terrorists and insurgents will move as hard as they can to disrupt this process.”
Source : Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 4, 2004. 
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“We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.”
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“Did folks know that the tax to fund the program [Social Security] only hits salaries up to $110,000? That means that if you make a million bucks, about 90% of your salary is tax free when it comes to the payroll tax that funds Soc Sec. That ain't right.”
