"I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive."

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Source : Nora Ephron (1978). “Scribble Scribble Notes on the Media”

Nora Ephron

#Intelligent Quotes #People Quotes #Offensive Quotes

“I love my country, but I believe that we are too quick to censor nudity”
“Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.”
“Have a vision. Communicate it clearly. Pick the right people and put them in the right jobs.”
“I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.”
“Whatever else I might have thought of [President George W] Bush's call, with its assumption that prayer is some sort of miracle Vicks VapoRub for the national charley horse, it's clear that his hands were reaching for any hands but mine.”
“We don't want to give a business that is not going to come through the troubled waters a loan that they can't pay back.”
“Every significant event that takes place in our lives is set to some kind of music.”
“I need to treat everybody fairly, but fair doesn't always mean equal.”

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