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Murray Kempton Quotes

A man can look upon his life and accept it as good or evil; it is far, far harder for him to confess that it has been unimportant in the sum of things.

Murray Kempton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 16, 1917 - May 5, 1997

Topics

Life Good Man Evil Look Accept

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

John F. Lehman, Jr.

Power Power Corrupts Kind Corrupts

There was an ITV television production of the second novel I wrote, called 'Murder of Quality.' It was a little murder story set in a public school - I'd once taught at Eton, and I used that stuff.

John le Carre

Quality School Story Television Used

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Child Learn Know Will First Need

I just think music is such a beautiful thing. It lifts the heart and buoys up your spirits - all kinds of music.

Amy Grant

Music Heart Beautiful Think Up Just

I think the best directors aren't afraid to ask questions.

Stephen Karam

Best Think Questions Ask Afraid

I just think the older I get, actually, the better I feel.

Rupert Graves

Think Better Feel Get Just Older

I have many valentines. My mom and my sister and my directors. I got calls from all of them. And my friends. I respect what Valentine's Day stands for because it is about love.

Michelle Trachtenberg

Love Valentine's Day Respect Day Mom

I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.

Molly Ivins

Powerful Aim Satire Cruel Powerless

I remember a very nurturing, safe environment: everybody knew who I was, who my parents were, who my grandparents were, what part of Russia we were from originally. That was a really comforting feeling. Non-Mennonites, when they see that aspect of it, think it's a beautiful thing, and it is, but there's so much going on besides.

Miriam Toews

Beautiful Parents Think Remember See

If you don't look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, they'll have you playing the gardener.

Jared Harris

You Look Playing Like Grant Graves

I agree that it is not just the extremists who harbor bad thoughts or engage in bad acts, but they are usually the source of the polarization and try to keep education and communication of the main stream from moving forward.

Joichi Ito

Education Communication Moving Forward

All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits that shape memories, emotions and that ultimate souvenir, the self.

Diane Ackerman

Change Memories Brain Self Emotions