"I read like everybody - like every other writer."

-- Nat Hentoff

“Not feeling broody, as such. Just happy to see my sister have such a beautiful kid,”
“Regulators have not been able to achieve the level of future clarity required to act pre-emptively. The problem is not lack of regulation but unrealistic expectations. What we confront in reality is uncertainty, some of it frighteningly so ...”
“I don't know what singers feel like when they make a song and people clap along and love it, but when people walk up to me and say the food was outstanding, that's what it is all about. I cook because I like to make people happy.”
“I'm so happy dancing while the grim reaper cuts, cuts, cuts, but he can't get me. I'm as clever as can be, and I'm very quick but don't forget; we've only got so many tricks. no one lives forever.”
“A good man complains of no one; he does not look to faults.”
“Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”
“Those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake.Â Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.”
“A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.”

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