In times like these it is difficult not to write satire
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It is difficult not to write satire.
JUVENAL It is difficult not to write satire.
[Lat., Difficile est satiram non scribere.]
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL) I like to write a lot of satire.
EARL KING In times like these, it is helpful to remember that there have always been times like these
PAUL HARVEY In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.
PAUL HARVEY I saw it, he wanted to buy something he was near to the store I went to see little far from him what...
DEYTH BANGER If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about....
CARL HIAASEN Satire is particularly valuable in a country like ours.
DAN RATHER It is satire, but it remains in the realm of the real, as opposed to something like 'Dr. Strangelove...
NICOLAS CAGE The $1 million goal we've set since 1999 is achievable, but not in these difficult economic times in...
WILLIAM EGAN The $1 million goal we've set since 1999 is achievable, but not in these difficult economic times in...
WILLIAM EGAN The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little -- or it will seem that his satir...
ANTHONY TROLLOPE The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire...
ANTHONY TROLLOPE No one delights more in vengeance than a woman.
Juvenal, Satires, XIII.
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BILL MCINTURFF While both these statements refer to eggs, the main difference between these two rather irking state...
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JAMES A. MURPHY In sissy times, like these, one
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JAMES DURBIN Wal-Mart is continuing to be able to expand in the United States even in these difficult times. They...
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UNKNOWN People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.
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KOSTAS KENTERIS I would like to help my people in any way I can. It's difficult times in Pakistan and we all hav...
BILAWAL BHUTTO ZARDARI I'm not an Emontional, but how???
I live with the thought that "Nothing can be returned, it has...
DEYTH BANGER Being an entertainer, especially in times like these, is really a public service.
LINDA RONSTADT Enhanced interrogation is not to be considered lightly, but the use of enhanced interrogation techni...
GARY BAUER We all have to expect to lose something in times like these.
THOMAS KENEALLY I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not...
GARY LOCKE I never like it when a celebrity goes on Twitter and says, 'This isn't true!' It is what...
HARRY STYLES Adolescence is a difficult time at the best of times, and especially in a smaller town - there's...
WILLIAM KIRCHER To write simply is as difficult as to be good.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM To write simply is as difficult as to be good
WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM I'm not sure they've got the drive or technical skill to make the best use of the oil money. It's al...
ROBERT SKIDELSKY However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as dif...
WIETSE VENEMA Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.
ALEXANDER POPE Praise undeserv'd is satire in disguise
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DIRK BENEDICT I think it's going to be very difficult for the people in Congress to listen to these children tell ...
MARY TYLER MOORE Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to wri...
EDWARD ST AUBYN I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've e...
MALCOLM WILSON I much prefer to write everything by myself. It's kind of difficult. It's like getting undressed in ...
LESLIE FEIST If people could write as much as they write on Facebook in one day, they could write books and be pu...
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10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will...
NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar...
GARY F EVANS... It shows how difficult it is to interpret these campaign laws.
MICHAEL PANCER I write because there is a madness within me to express my thoughts in words. I write because I feel...
AVIJEET DAS Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficu...
COMPTON MACKENZIE There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just ...
J.D. SALINGER This has a lot of satire in it.
KATHERINE HOUGH It is difficult to pick the bottom of these markets.
NICK ANGILLETTA Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire.
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FATOS NANO People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.
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JAKE HALPERN The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire.
YAHOO SERIOUS I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can...
BO BURNHAM It seems like someone is using wars and our economic crisis to spread distrust and rancor among the ...
RICCARDO BRUNI I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
TED TURNER In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly responsible throu...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you're in boom tim...
JEFF BEZOS Soft-heartedness, in times like these,
Shows sof'ness in the upper story!
AMY LOWELL Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
JEFFREY FRY It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.
DARIO FO I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life...
JO BRAND make it more difficult to overcome these bottlenecks in the system.
ALI NAIMI When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.
STEFFI GRAF It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subj...
SAMANTHA HARVEY To stand on the
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ASK AND IT IS GIVEN Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there i...
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MAX LIEBERMANN Bernard Shaw said that when you copy yourself, you know you've got style. And I feel that if you...
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HAKAN NESSER There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and ...
ISAAC HAYES The country has stood by us during difficult times and it is our duty to assist it in the areas in w...
ARIEL SHARON I find it somewhat difficult to write with other people, although it has happened occasionally.
GRAHAM NASH You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like...
BEBE REXHA It is difficult to write a paradise when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write...
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SUSAN HILL Satire works best when it hews close to the line between the outlandish and the possible - and as th...
GRAYDON CARTER It is easy to be pessimistic. These are extraordinarily difficult times, and the collective psyche i...
MARK ZANDI Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.
ZIG ZIGLAR Satire is focused bitterness.
LEO ROSTEN Effective satire has to be almost identical to the subject that it is skewering.
T. J. MILLER I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without makin...
KATE CHRISTENSEN I was definitely difficult. I definitely had to be - not pushed into it, but say it's OK to go and w...
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DARIO FO While it's difficult to take cuts like these, it's important to take them quick so we can get back t...
WILLIAM AMELIO It is during difficult times like this that the true American spirit reveals itself. I am not talkin...
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