"Illiteracy at the poverty level (mainly a matter of bad grammar) does not alarm me nearly as much as the illiteracy of the well-to-do."

-- Mary McCarthy

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“I'm a proud Republican - there's no issue with that at all, so why can't I be a proud Republican and just try to solve problems?”
“The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My motto in life is that nothing is impossible, no target unachievable - one just has to try harder and harder.”
“I really liked the food in Japan. There is something so organized, neat, and methodical about it. They put a lot of care and quality into their cooking. I also love Mediterranean, New American, and Italian food, because the cuisines borrow influences from all over the world.”
“I love making comedy. I never stopped loving it. I will continue to love it and I can't believe that I get to do it.”
“Men put all kinds of expectations on you. They want you to scream 'You're the best' while swearing you've never done this with anyone before.”
“Refuse to allow yourself to become a vegetable that simply absorbs information, pre-packaged, pre-ideologized , because no message.. is anything but an ideological package that has gone through a kind of processing.”
“I think the entire pharmaceutical industry has a lot of work to do to restore public trust.”

Source : "Big Pharma's Delicate Dance on Drug Prices". Interview with Peter Loftus, www.wsj.com. February 21, 2016.

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