"The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting is expensive."

-- Jonathan Alter

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“America has made no reparation to the Vietnamese, nothing. We are the richest people in the world and they are among the poorest. We savaged them, though they had never hurt us, and we cannot find it in our hearts, our honor, to give them help-because the government of Vietnam is Communist. And perhaps because they won.”
“People are led to reason thus: a woman who is a wife is one who has made a permanent sex bargain for her maintenance; the woman who is not married must therefore make a temporary bargain of the same kind.”
“Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it - and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are, or where we're from, or what we look like, or who we love.”
“Impermanence is the law of the universe.”

Source : Carlene Hatcher Polite (1987). “The flagellants”, Beacon Pr
“I think my Italy career is over - it's only right they begin a new era without me. Besides, you have to run a lot under Conte!”
“Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, "Science for Science's sake" is an absurd conception. We cannot know all the facts since they are infinite in number. We must make a selection ... guided by utility ... Have we not some better occupation than counting the number of lady-birds in existence on this planet?”
“The key to beauty is always to be looking at someone who loves you, really.”

Source : "Julia Roberts On Love, Motherhood And Getting Pranked". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2009.
“Singing is a ***** blast. When itâ€™s really good, itâ€™s as good as the best sex. I get nipple erections all the time on stage, I do!”

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