Fred Kaplan Quotes

I got to know Gore Vidal quite well, up front and personal: his magnificent strengths and his appalling, almost other-worldly weaknesses.

Fred Kaplan

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KnowPersonalStrengthsUpGotWell

I didn't get to the Senate by accident.

John Edwards

GetAccidentSenate

I always knew I wanted to be in front of the camera. But even after 10 years behind the scenes at CBS News producing live segments, celebrity profiles, and breaking news, I still hadn't been given the chance to be on TV.

Andy Cohen

LiveChanceCameraNewsCelebrity

And as far as doing God's work, I think the bankers who took government money and then gave out obscene bonuses are the same self-interested sorts Jesus threw out of the temple.

Maureen Dowd

WorkGodMoneyGovernmentThinkOut

I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, play a kazoo, and sing 'Happy Birthday' to people while giving them free birthday sundaes. Lots of ice cream scooping and $1 tips.

Amy Poehler

BirthdayHappyPeopleFreeGiving

Forgiving is not an easy thing to do.

Amanda Lindhout

EasyForgivingThingEasy Thing

Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.

Steve Jobs

GoodTechnologyFaithSmartPeople

I don't really cook. There are caterers, and my husband cooks.

Tori Amos

HusbandCookCooksReally

I don't think there's any way it could have failed. We don't know failure in this band. We didn't know failure. We got to know it a little after awhile but at that time there was no such word.

Roger Daltrey

FailureTimeThinkKnowWayBand

My praise is perhaps an unforgivable poison.

Liu Xiaobo

PraisePoisonPerhaps

I work at a non-profit called ALS Worldwide, where we work with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) patients and families. It is often heavy work, but I'm grateful to be able to contribute to the ALS community. I'm constantly learning about science and medicine, and I have the honor of corresponding with patients throughout the world.

Chloe Benjamin

WorkLearningCommunityScience

Happy as we are, times may alter; we may be bitten with some impulse towards change, and many things may seem too wonderful for us to resist, too exciting not to catch at, if we do not know that they are but phases of what has been before and withal ruinous, deceitful, and sordid.

William Morris

ChangeHappyKnowSeemCatchMay

I try to get out of an image's way in order to let it articulate what is hidden.

Richard Phillips

WayTryHiddenImageOutOrder

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