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I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least show some humility, especially when you were strong. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#benjamin franklin #especially #felt #foreign #foreign policy

It is harder to lie in an interview. A good interview - and it can be polite - is not a one way street like a candidate controlled ad. An interview is not programmed by the candidate and so the candidate can't be exactly sure what will be asked. ↗

— Greta Van Susteren

#asked #candidate #controlled #exactly #good

One of the great pressures we're facing in journalism now is it's a lot cheaper to hire thumb suckers and pundits and have talk shows on the air than actually have bureaus and reporters. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#air #bureaus #cheaper #facing #great

Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#care #change #effective #forcing #generally

I think I'm in a really nice position, where I'm sure I could do another show if I wanted to do one, but right now the main thing in my mind is writing songs. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#could #i #i think #main #main thing

In the long run, there are people who've made more money or had bigger stardom at points. But, I think I'll have come out winning. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#come #had #i #i think #long

The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#changes #democracy #era #great #iraq

You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip. ↗

— Johnny Isakson

#congress #dangerous #home #just #know

I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British, and my future was in Britain. And it would also make me eligible for literary awards. But I still think I'm regarded as one of their own in Japan. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#awards #britain #british #changing #eligible

I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as slightly more seasoned. I became quite cynical talking to my student friends. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#cynical #felt #friends #had #i