"When I did that interview with Hepburn, the only ground rule was, you did not discuss Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy's widow is still alive, and she respected that."

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Morley Safer

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“Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want?”
“I've rarely met a miserable, self-pitying blind person.”

Source : "Lessons On Blindness, 'For The Benefit Of Those Who See'". "All Things Considered" with Arun Rath, www-s4.npr.org. January 12, 2014.
“When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.”
“Hello, Bradley,' said Mom. She'd regained her composure after my outburst, and now raised her camera. 'Stand close.' 'No, Mom,' I said. 'No pictures.' 'But you're friend's here now,' she said, waving us together. 'Smile!' 'I don't need a picture with-' the flash snapped '-another guy. That's great, Mom, thank you. Send that one to Dad and tell him we're going steady.”
“You can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself.”
“An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an instrument and tool of gain.”

Source : Sir William Petty (1769). “Tracts, Chiefly Relating to Ireland: Containing: 1. A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions. II. Essays in Political Arithmetic. III. The Political Anatomy of Ireland”, p.26
“Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas.”
“[On Orson Welles:] When I talk to him, I feel like a plant that's been watered.”

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