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A prize-winning science reporter, Simons had become the number-two editor at the Post a year before. An intent, sensitive man with a large nose, thin face and deep-set eyes, he looks like the kind of Harvard teaching assistant who carries a slide ruler strapped to his belt. But he is skillful with fragile egos, and also the perfect counterpoint to Bradlee. Bradlee is more like Woodward: he wants hard information first and is impatient with theories.-- Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward Carl Bernstein
I'm up there trying to do my Chore. I've got the men's bathroom. There's something... Pat there's something in the toilet up there. That won't flush. The thing. It won't go away. It keeps reappearing. Flush after flush. I'm only here for instructions. Possibly also protective equipment. I couldn't even describe the thing in the toilet. All I can say is if it was produced by anything human then I have to say I'm worried. Don't even ask me to describe it. If you want to go up and have a look,... David Foster Wallace
A life worth living, and work worth doing - that is what I want for children (and all people), not just, or not even, something called 'a better education. John Holt
I stopped examining myself in the mirror to compare myself to the perfect beauties of movies and magazines; I decided I was beautiful-- for the simple reason that I wanted to be. And then never gave the matter a second thought. -Eva Luna Isabel Allende
Some women, he thought, had the power to turn a man in the opposite direction from what he wanted. It seemed his fate to run up against them. And, damn it, to care. Nora Roberts
And if there is anybody out there who is crazy enough to want to become a writer, I'd say go ahead, spit in the eye of the sun, hit those keys, it's the best madness going, the centuries need help, the species cry for light and gamble and laughter. Give it to them. There are enough words for all of us. Charles Bukowski
Stephenie Meyer quote: "Do you want to forget about sam?' 'I think I so' I sighed she..."
Do you want to forget about sam?' 'I think I so' I sighed she was in a healthier place than I was Stephenie Meyer
From this day on, I refuse to let anyone bring me to a point where I can't take a horrible situation and spin it into something beneficial. I will never let anyone make me feel anything I don't want to feel again or rob me of the passions that make me who I am. Chris Colfer
J. K. Rowling quote: "He has never wanted to occupy the throne himself; he prefers..."
He has never wanted to occupy the throne himself; he prefers the back seat - more room to spread out, you see. J. K. Rowling
Anne Morrow Lindbergh quote: "I want to be pure in heart -- but I like to wear my purple dress."
I want to be pure in heart -- but I like to wear my purple dress. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Robert Anthony quote: "If you want to know what your true beliefs are- take a look at..."
If you want to know what your true beliefs are- take a look at your actions. Robert Anthony
Somethings in life are out of your control. you can make it a party or a tragedy. Or, you could refuse to take the next step. You could refuse to take what you wanted most because you're afraid some day you might lose it. Nora Roberts
What art thou?' Nothing. That's the answer. Nothing. In the heart of hearts- Nothing! So of course you can't stand that and want to be Something, and you try. But instead of being this Something, the man puts it over on everybody instead. Saul Bellow
Harper Lee quote: "Then Jem said hush a minute. I thought he was thinkin‘—he..."
Then Jem said hush a minute. I thought he was thinkin‘—he always wants you to hush so he can think. Harper Lee
I hadn't done any fooling around in so long, I didn't know what to do. I sort of wanted to lose weight and take up piano before I got into another relationship. Russell Brand

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