"That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns."

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Source : "It's curtains for Okrent". Interview with Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

Daniel Okrent

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Choices Quotes

“I never liked Queen. I can honestly say I hated Queen and everything that they did.”
“Stress is something that makes you feel you can't be yourself.”
“But you know the second month I was here I put out a healthy lifestyles directive. The pundits will say it was because we were sued. Well that's what they say. It was never about that.”
“When I was in N.Y. bartending, I was in a billion music videos. I was in Madonna, George Michael, Salt-n-Pepa - it goes on and on.”
“A church is something very beautiful. It is nice when people feel happy in it. But I am not a religious man. Look at us, and then at the infinity of space. We are rather small insignificant creatures, wouldnâ€™t you say?”
“What I am trying to do right now is simply focus on what is happening right now. Obviously, I would hope there are future opportunities.”

Source : Source: www.billboard.com
“The acceptance of partition does not commit us to renounce Transjordan: one does not demand from anybody to give up his vision. We shall accept a state in the boundaries fixed today, but the boundaries of Zionist aspirations are the concern of the Jewish people and no external factor will be able to limit them.”

Source : "New Outlook" Journal, April 1977.
“I haven't lost my head yet.”

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