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George Plimpton Quotes

He was interviewed in the early '60s by a young novelist, Pati Hill.

George Plimpton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: March 18, 1927 - September 25, 2003

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Early Young Hill He Novelist

I'm a terrible golfer.

Terrible Golfer

Love is cheap. You can buy it anywhere. Lives are cheap. It's money that's dear. You have to work days and sit up nights thinking how to make money.

John Dos Passos

Work Love Money Love Is Thinking Up

Some doomsayers think the collapse will be triggered by runaway government spending, excessive taxation, oppressive regulation, food shortages, fuel shortages or natural disasters such as deadly pandemics or lethal changes in the world's climate.

Food Government World Think Will

Certain Arabs love Dubai because it's not at all like where they live. Certain others hate it for the same reason. When you hear an Osama bin Laden sympathizer rant about the decadence and hypocrisy of the Arab ruling class, you can be certain he's picturing a nightclub in Dubai.

Love Live Hate Dubai You Hypocrisy

Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.

Design Meeting Single Critical Every

Our nation is grounded on the rule of law, and the public must be assured that government officials administer the law fairly.

Government Law Rule Of Law Nation

What is the role of an academic - no matter what they're teaching - within political debate? It has to be that they make issues more complicated. The role of the academic is to make everything less simple.

Simple Political Debate Complicated

It's almost like, when someone plays poker for the first time, they might be a professional poker player out of ignorance, just accidentally winning. That was how it felt in my first stand-up appearance.

Time Ignorance Winning Someone First

The way you build trust with your people is by being forthright and clear with them from day one. You may think people are fooled when you tell them what they want to hear. They are not fooled.

Trust Day People Think You Want

You're playing a game, whether it's Little League or Game 7 of the Word Series. It's impossible to do well unless you're having a good time. People talk about pressure. Yeah, there's pressure. But I just look at it as fun.

Good Time Fun Having A Good Time You

I think I have some of my clearest thoughts when I'm out running.

Thoughts Think Out I Think Some

My sentiments for the American cause, from the Stamp Act downward, have never changed... I am still of opinion that it is the cause of liberty and of human nature.

Christopher Gadsden

Nature I Am Opinion American Liberty

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