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" You lose manufacturing jobs, you rarely ever get them back again. "
Graydon Carter
Lose
Manufacturing
You
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" Hatred for Obama... has more to do with race than anything else. "
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" Only institutions that go about the old-fashioned business of taking in deposits from customer A and lending them out to customer B should be called banks. The rest should call themselves what they are. 'Parlors' would be appropriate, or 'dens' - words more suitable to venerable betting pursuits. "
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" I always thought eating what you wanted was one of those aspects of adulthood to be looked forward to when you were a child. "
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" I really don't despise anyone. But there is a list of a half dozen people I would prefer never to hear from or see again. "
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Half
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" You know, I used to warm the thermometer on the light bulb... I was really good at being sick. I could forge my mother's signature on a sick note so well I was hardly ever at school. "
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" Issues such as transparency often boil down to which side of - pick a number - 40 you're on. Under 40, and transparency is generally considered a good thing for society. Over 40, and one generally chooses privacy over transparency. On every side of this issue, hypocrisy abounds. "
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You
Privacy
" As any journalist will tell you, there are few professional situations as vexing as when a friend becomes involved in a major story that you feel you must cover. "
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" I don't think you can be a credible, modern candidate for president without making the environment a major part of your platform. "
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You
Think
Without
" There's probably a half-dozen movie actors I really like. But a lot of them just aren't that interesting. "
Graydon Carter
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Interesting
Movie
" War is a form of really bad manners, in a strange way. Invading a country I think is just the worst possible manners. 'You're not invited!' Gate crashing on a large scale! "
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Country
Strange
" The fact is that movie stars are as insecure as the rest of us - if not more so. Many live in a luxurious bubble in which their best friends are their trainer, their hairdresser, their publicist, and their Kabbalah instructor. "
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Bubble
Best
" Every minute you invest in kids you get back four times over. "
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Over
You
" To a young kid growing up in Canada, America seemed to be crazy about the future; dazzled by it. "
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Growing Up
America
Crazy
" It could fairly be said that America, during the Bush years, has entered an Age of Denial - arguably the first stage of a nation's decline. "
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Age
Years
Stage
" Somewhere along the way, New York became all about money. Or rather, it was always about money, but it wasn't all about money, if you know what I mean. New York's not Geneva or Zurich yet, but we're certainly heading in that direction. London is, too. "
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You
Direction
Know
" In Britain, libel damages are small and people build them into the cost of doing business. In America, libel is very rare and much harder to prove, but the damages are enormous. "
Graydon Carter
People
America
Business
" People think they have to be ambitious. But at a certain age, all you want is to be around nice, decent people. "
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You
Think
Age
" The last thing businessmen want to do is sit in a room filled with other businessmen. A room full of money is a pretty boring sight - unless it's yours, of course. "
Graydon Carter
Money
Sight
Sit
" Most of us have learned the hard way that there are very few things you can absolutely count on in life. "
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You
Way
Us
" I think Americans, more so than any other culture, love second and third acts. "
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Culture
Love
" Where past generations had film cameras, scrapbooks, notebooks, and that part of the brain which stores memories, we now have a smartphone app for every conceivable recording need. "
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Now
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" There are similarities between being an editor and a tailor. Tailors have a vast supply of fabrics, buttons and thread at their disposal and put it together to make a whole. That's what an editor does - looks at society at a given time and pulls together the interesting aspects into a single issue each month. "
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Society
Together
" Financial institutions like to call what they do trading. Let's be honest. It's not trading; it's betting. "
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Like
Financial
Call
" 'The Guardian,' with its deep journalistic traditions, is careful about context and explanation. It sees itself as a gatekeeper, and it worries about consequences. "
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Traditions
Deep
Context
" Many men think they're playboys, but they invariably land wide of the mark. Surrounding yourself with champagne, fast friends, and paid escorts is the very definition of the word 'loser.' "
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Yourself
Friends
" My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here's an idea: get on a big story with widespread public appeal, devote your best resources to it, say a quiet prayer, and swing for the fences. "
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Say
Quiet
" In this age of 24-7 headlines, the term 'newsweekly' seems almost quaint. "
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Almost
Headlines
" Satire works best when it hews close to the line between the outlandish and the possible - and as that line continues to grow thinner, the satirist's task becomes ever more difficult. "
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Grow
Satire
Best
" I think the movie business is in trouble. It's all movies that you've seen before. Everything's a remake; they want things that are familiar rather than things that surprise you. "
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Movies
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