"Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care."

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Source : William Safire (1981). “On language”

William Safire

#Ignorance Quotes #Care Quotes #Speech Quotes

“Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.”
“I guess I'm a born ham.”
“Life is like a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Very popular and not as bad as some would have you believe. That is, unspeakably awful but mercifully brief.”
“Color is sensitivity in material form, substance in its purest form.”
“The interesting thing about Georgia is, Atlanta is teeming with middle-class black people and black people with money - and yet there is still segregation.”

Source : "Journey into the Heart of Whiteness". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. December 23, 2009.
“It's too hard to present an opinion on something that's not true to who you are. It's much easier to base opinions and debates off of fact and your true heart on things. To me that just comes quite naturally, and it's also about being open to what the debate is about and hearing the other side.”
“It breaks my heart that I don't see my daughters every day, don't get to hug them and brush their hair.”

Source : "Angie Harmon: Heart and Soul". Interview with Monica Corcoran Harel, www.goodhousekeeping.com. June 8, 2011.
“God uses singers in a mighty way, and I am grateful.”

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