William Safire Quotes

Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a nuance that flatters my readership's exquisite sensitivity.

William Safire

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 17, 1929 - September 27, 2009

Topics

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You're supposed to look a certain way when you're a celebrity, but I want to take care of my baby, and those two things don't mesh very well.

Jennifer Garner

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There are many great fighters in the UFC; some of my favorites are Rodrigo Nogueira, Lyoto Machida, and B. J. Penn, but aside from these guys, the UFC has many great fighters in every division.

Anderson Silva

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If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure.

Steve Earle

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I just found such a love for dancing. If anybody would love to just feel great, not just physically, but you want to feel such confidence, just go and take a ballroom dancing class! I love it more than any kind of workout.

Rumer Willis

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The songs my band and I like to sing - the songs that the room will erupt for - are '90s hits, like 'All Star.'

Ross Lynch

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I'll read, like, ten scripts, and then sometimes if I'm lucky, there will be two or three scripts that I like, and sometimes they'll all be dramas, or they'll all be comedies, or there will be two dramas and a comedy, and then I'll go for whatever. If I have to audition, I'll audition. If it's an offer, great.

Michael Pena

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Life isn't what it's like in the movies.

Josh Hartnett

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I don't follow what everybody else does.

Donald Byrd

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You need ego but mine is not blinding.

Christian Lacroix

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I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel.

Susan B. Anthony

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Ezra Pound was a crackpot on social and political issues, but he knew what he was talking about in matters of the written language.

Pete Hamill

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The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.

Paul Tillich

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