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    As an editor, I've always known that memoirs are selective truth. I don't know that I've ever known anybody who created things, made them up, so much as I know that people edit their memories. We all do this.

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Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.

by Fred Allen Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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He played too well. I also had some problems with my knee. But tomorrow it's going to be a different read more

He played too well. I also had some problems with my knee. But tomorrow it's going to be a different game.

by Igor Andreev Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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The Congress has pre-supposed some situation where it is appropriate to bypass the court of appeals, and if not this read more

The Congress has pre-supposed some situation where it is appropriate to bypass the court of appeals, and if not this case, then what case would it ever be?

by Kevin Arquit Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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In 12 years of playing, I've never been on a team that won a playoff game. That was awesome. They read more

In 12 years of playing, I've never been on a team that won a playoff game. That was awesome. They were singing the fight song. Cars were lined up in the grass out there. There must have been a thousand people around.

by Ethan Albright Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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The case is a prototype of the new post-Afghanistan network - a little bit of everything: native-born radicals, immigrants from read more

The case is a prototype of the new post-Afghanistan network - a little bit of everything: native-born radicals, immigrants from Morocco, travel to places like Saudi Arabia, connection to operations like Madrid. It's like handling a number of particles of mercury, toxic in themselves and even more toxic when they come together.

by Glenn Audenaert Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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Alcohol was involved, of course, and this is the sort of idea you generally expect will fade as sobriety returns, read more

Alcohol was involved, of course, and this is the sort of idea you generally expect will fade as sobriety returns, but the next day we both still loved the idea, ... We knew how much work it would be, but the more we thought about it, the more irresistible it seemed.

by Charles Ardai Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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I wanted them to come away with the feeling that they could make a positive difference in the world.

I wanted them to come away with the feeling that they could make a positive difference in the world.

by Darcey Addo Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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Sacrifices by our employees, strong revenue performance and the benefit of our fuel hedging program enabled us to be one read more

Sacrifices by our employees, strong revenue performance and the benefit of our fuel hedging program enabled us to be one of only a couple of major airlines that posted a significant adjusted profit for 2005.

by Bill Ayer Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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Objectivity is a false god. We are human beings and we screw up or have flaws that are hidden from read more

Objectivity is a false god. We are human beings and we screw up or have flaws that are hidden from us. But fairness and balance are possible. Not stereotyping people we write about is possible. We can be skeptical without being cynical,

by Ken Auletta Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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