To be an American (unlike being English or French or whatever) is precisely to imagine a destiny rat...
LESLIE FIEDLER The text is merely one of the contexts of a piece of literature, its lexical or verbal one, no more ...
LESLIE FIEDLER Unless criticism refuses to take itself quite so seriously or at least to permit its readers not to,...
LESLIE FIEDLER There are things in American culture that want to wipe the class distinction. Blue jeans. Ready-made...
LESLIE FIEDLER Of the female black authors, I really like Morrison's early books a lot. But she's really be...
LESLIE FIEDLER Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to i...
LESLIE FIEDLER My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time.
LESLIE FIEDLER What I really dream of is that somebody would blow everything I've done out of the water in a be...
LESLIE FIEDLER I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, n...
LESLIE FIEDLER Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are...
LESLIE FIEDLER Faulkner turned out to be a great teacher. When a student asked a question ineptly, he answered the ...
LESLIE FIEDLER Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein.
LESLIE FIEDLER It's so wrong when I pick up a new edition of Huckleberry Finn and I look at the last page and i...
LESLIE FIEDLER I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.
LESLIE FIEDLER Cooper wrote a novel which is absolutely indistinguishable from Austen, completely from a female poi...
LESLIE FIEDLER Kafka is still unrecognized. He thought he was a comic writer.
LESLIE FIEDLER The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it differe...
LESLIE FIEDLER Fiedler on the Roof.
LESLIE FIEDLER I gave up writing blurbs because you make one friend and 200 enemies.
LESLIE FIEDLER The novel doesn't come into existence until certain methods of reproducing fiction come along.
LESLIE FIEDLER The reason Saul Bellow doesn't talk to me anymore is because he knows his new novels are not wor...
LESLIE FIEDLER When all of us are forgotten, people will still be remembering Stephen King.
LESLIE FIEDLER I've been writing about James Fenimore Cooper. He was not a writer. Here was a man who was 30 ye...
LESLIE FIEDLER For economist the real world is often a special case.
EDGAR FIEDLER He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.
EDGAR FIEDLER The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
EDGAR FIEDLER If you have to forecast, forecast often.
EDGAR FIEDLER Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.
EDGAR FIEDLER At this point I anticipate he'll be out for the season,'' Edwards said of Pennington.
JAY FIEDLER It's nice to eat a good hunk of beef but you want a light dessert, too.
ARTHUR FIEDLER We finally got some off of Shaw. We have struggled against her this year.
DANA FIEDLER Whitney was very much in control out there. She wasn't overpowering, but you have to know that you'r...
DANA FIEDLER Whitney did a good job of mixing things up. We have talked about that (wasting solid pitching perfor...
DANA FIEDLER They woke up in the second game. That was the difference between game one and two. They hit the ball...
DANA FIEDLER (We) didn't hit the ball today. Whitney pitched well (in the first game), we just couldn't give her ...
DANA FIEDLER We talked about that. We needed to even that out. Getting three definitely helped.
DANA FIEDLER We finally hit the ball (during the rally) and were able to score a few runs, but we can't expect to...
DANA FIEDLER She had good movement and we couldn't get on top of her. But we left a lot of runners in scoring pos...
DANA FIEDLER I thought both of our pitchers did a great job. They moved the ball around and kept their hitters of...
DANA FIEDLER Getting runs early continues to be a big part of the game for this team. It takes the pressure off t...
DANA FIEDLER We have been pretty steady on the road as well. This one was a little different because we were in V...
DANA FIEDLER It was nice to see a couple of our players come alive at the plate. We did a good job of hitting ove...
DANA FIEDLER I figured there'd be a lot of phone calls, a lot of interest and stories. But I'm preparing for just...
JAY FIEDLER With my contract situation and the team moving in a new direction, it was pretty much a done deal.
JAY FIEDLER There were times I thought we were a little bit more conservative than we could have been, especiall...
JAY FIEDLER The position is a test of your patience. You can't relax. You can't ever feel like you're never goin...
JAY FIEDLER There were some games that things weren't working very well, we weren't getting the protections, and...
JAY FIEDLER There were times, sure,
JAY FIEDLER I almost went to the wrong sideline because I'm used to going the other way so many times. It's grea...
JAY FIEDLER I told them we had 98 yards to go, but I didn't know it would take 16 pays to get all of it. We exec...
JAY FIEDLER Chas is doing a great job. For a receiver, you have to get to a point where you aren't thinking so m...
JAY FIEDLER I think I've picked up the offense very well throughout the months of offseason work and the last co...
JAY FIEDLER We felt that [recycling] was getting kind of a negative connotation and people were getting turned o...
KAREN FIEDLER The winners obviously were delighted. So, they're telling their friends and neighbors how they won t...
KAREN FIEDLER Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.
EDGAR FIEDLER Forecasters tend to learn less and less about more and more, until in the end they know nothing abo...
EDGAR R. FIEDLER Ask five economists and you'll get five different explanations six if one went to Harvard.
EDGAR R. FIEDLER For economist the real world is often a special case.
EDGAR R. FIEDLER Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).
EDGAR R. FIEDLER The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
EDGAR R. FIEDLER If you have to forecast, forecast often.
EDGAR R. FIEDLER He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.
EDGAR R. FIEDLER Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers; six if one went to Harvard.
EDGAR R. FIEDLER Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things.
LESLIE JONES Growing up in Britain, Michael Caine has always been such an icon. Chatting with him, I know I came ...
ROSE LESLIE I just know that for my honeymoon, I'm not going to go to a cabin in the woods.
ROSE LESLIE When I was 9, my parents let me take a cab to the mall all by myself. I had hardly any money to spen...
LESLIE MANN I've perfected the art of busting on people. That's how comedians show each other love.
LESLIE JONES A nuclear power reactor is just a fancy way of boiling water.
LESLIE DEWAN I do have body-image issues, just like everyone else. I mean, I wish I had bigger boobs. And I hate ...
LESLIE BIBB The global phenomenon of poverty tourism - or 'poorism' - has become increasingly popular du...
LESLIE JAMISON In order to have great happiness, you have to have great pain and unhappiness-otherwise how would yo...
LESLIE CARON A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can rend...
LESLIE LAMPORT The trouble with some of us is that we have been inoculated with small doses of Christianity which k...
LESLIE WEATHERHEAD Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.
LESLIE STEPHEN Buyers are graded not only on their successes, but also on their failures. Too many hits means the b...
LESLIE WEXNER Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she mana...
LESLIE MCINTYRE No animal is so inexhaustable as an excited infant.
AMY LESLIE The truth is that to enjoy acting one must be an exhibitionist at heart, one must revel in those exp...
LESLIE HOWARD About the Saint's amorous adventures, by the way, I can't speak so brazenly.
LESLIE CHARTERIS I understand why creative people like dark, but American audiences don't like dark. They like st...
LESLIE MOONVES Nuclear power is a young technology - there's so much more to be discovered. That's what mak...
LESLIE DEWAN It is a pledge that senility has not the last say in everything.
SHANE LESLIE We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for ...
SHANE LESLIE A very considerable body of the German people live in America and propose to fight that Government. ...
SHANE LESLIE Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.
SHANE LESLIE Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets ...
LISA LESLIE Though there might not be any easy answers to the problem of poverty, its most compelling scribes do...
LESLIE JAMISON Women love hairy men. Cavemen were the sexiest men in history.
LESLIE MANN Broadcast TV is still the mothership and it will be for the foreseeable future. Audiences may be dec...
LESLIE MOONVES It will be hard work. It's always hard work, and hard work from everybody within the team - tech...
DAVID LESLIE I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough...
LESLIE CARON Sure, some news is bigger news than other news. War is bigger news than a girl having mixed feelings...
LESLIE JAMISON The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra.
LESLIE CARON As the TiVos and the Replays are coming into our world - and they're coming - it's better to...
LESLIE MOONVES Child actors don't have great track records.
LESLIE MANN If you're like me and love chatting about your latest box set addiction, then Sky Box Sets Club ...
ROSE LESLIE I would support a letter.
ASSEMBLYWOMAN LESLIE This is about giving consumers better information so they can make better choices for themselves.
ASSEMBLYWOMAN LESLIE You've had a year. I know people turn over and that those things happen. ... But I don't think we wa...
ASSEMBLYWOMAN LESLIE We've got to start somewhere. I want to see something in place.
ASSEMBLYWOMAN LESLIE There is a certain amount of coercion that is implied. My general reaction is (this is) a disturbing...
ASSEMBLYWOMAN LESLIE If atheism is to be used to express the state of mind in which God is identified with the unknowable...
LESLIE STEPHEN Going into auditions, there is a wonderful butterfly feeling in your stomach - an equal balance of b...
ROSE LESLIE I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent.
LESLIE NIELSEN When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most re...
LESLIE COCKBURN The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood.
LESLIE STEPHEN Armchair poverty tourism has been around as long as authors have written about class. As an author, ...
LESLIE JAMISON Think about back in the day when we had Archie Bunker, 'The Jeffersons.' We had stuff to sit...
LESLIE JONES I do love archery in my day-to-day life because I find it very therapeutic, and I've trained eve...
ROSE LESLIE Now that I know how to handle a bow and arrow, I find it very therapeutic. It is a brilliant way to ...
ROSE LESLIE I take care of everybody. I'm either hugging you or making sure that you're not sick, becaus...
LESLIE JONES For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.
LISA LESLIE I am an absurd idealist. But I believe that all that must come true. For, unless it comes true, the ...
LESLIE CHARTERIS It is too soon to tell, but old, tired 'Survivor' last night beat 'X Factor.' We'...
LESLIE MOONVES It is so inspirational, to see that in the world of Westeros, men are answering to women, and they a...
ROSE LESLIE I personally have been drawn to female roles who are incredibly strong; females who are dominant and...
ROSE LESLIE There are plenty of people who are willing to pay $2.6 million for 30 seconds on the Super Bowl and ...
LESLIE MOONVES It's kind of ridiculous, but I hate creepy crawlers. Like centipedes. It's just the fact tha...
ROSE LESLIE It's been dawning on me slowly that for the past 35 years I have been cast against type, and I&#...
LESLIE NIELSEN CBS is proud to have been the home of David Letterman since 1993. He is truly one of the great talen...
LESLIE MOONVES With 'Honeymoon,' it was so intimate, and we literally shot it in something like 20, 24 days...
ROSE LESLIE For there is a price ticket on everything that puts a whizz into life, and adventure follows the rul...
LESLIE CHARTERIS The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of co...
LESLIE CHARTERIS With 'Game of Thrones' you're not really dealing with anything that is based in reality....
ROSE LESLIE All the things you put off, like learning to play the piano or leaning a different language? You'...
LESLIE MANN Mum and Dad paid me 50 pence, which was a lot of money when I was 8 years old, not to dye my hair.
ROSE LESLIE I had all the intentions of being the next Eddie Murphy.
LESLIE JONES I have always loved science fiction. One of my favorite shows is 'Star Trek.' I like the tri...
LESLIE NIELSEN Whether [CDC is] acquiring the right companies or not, the strategy makes sense.
LESLIE AMENT Aberdeen research revealed that a majority of enterprises cited customer data integration and qualit...
LESLIE AMENT For low-priced, commodity-type products, automation is the most realistic venue as profit margins di...
LESLIE AMENT Organizations would do well to build decision trees and develop workflow processes to handle probabl...
LESLIE AMENT For low-priced, commodity-type products, automation is the most realistic venue as profit margins di...
LESLIE AMENT There is more communication within smaller organizations.
LESLIE AMENT Organizations have spent millions capturing, analyzing and applying customer intelligence with the g...
LESLIE AMENT Organizations are pressured to grow revenues, reduce costs, and provide higher levels of customer se...
LESLIE AMENT This is going to steamroll.
LESLIE ALPERSTEIN The stock market might be a variable, but I think it's totally trumped by other factors right now,
LESLIE ALPERSTEIN This is going to steamroll,
LESLIE ALPERSTEIN This problem with the President makes it even dimmer yet, ... He's hurt by this. No question.
LESLIE ALPERSTEIN It's a fact that these perceptions lag reality -- it's not terribly uncommon for the economy to be d...
LESLIE ALPERSTEIN As the rate of gain in corporate profits slows, even though the economy is booming, productivity is ...
LESLIE ALPERSTEIN Clearly, it's a blow to the Gore camp.
LESLIE ALPERSTEIN Really, the President was going to have to push to get it done. Others would have gone along,
LESLIE ALPERSTEIN Dean probably scares the market the most because he, for now at least, is calling for rolling back a...
LESLIE ALPERSTEIN To the institutional investor, there's a lot at stake this year if Bush doesn't win re-election, ......
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LESLIE ALLEN When the kids go back to school, you start seeing a lot of backpacks.
LESLIE ALLEN It might be donated to charity or it might be held at auction. Or if it's something in bad condition...
LESLIE ALLEN A lot of times, people think that this is New York, and you're never going to find an honest person ...
LESLIE ALLEN All these tests were ordered by the emergency department, ... I talked to radiologists at the hospit...
LESLIE ALLEN There was a significant increase in the number of emergent CT scans performed after the release of t...
LESLIE ALLEN We want to give a visual example of the project's intention, inspire other artists to submit proposa...
LESLIE ALLEN We ...
LESLIE ALLEN Sausalito is the gateway to Marin, with people arriving by car, by ferry and they hang out in parks ...
LESLIE ALLEN Carroll Dawson has served this organization very well over the past 26 years, and he will continue t...
LESLIE ALEXANDER Daryl will be a great addition to our organization. With the high level of competition in this leagu...
LESLIE ALEXANDER I love Dennis. I want Dennis long-term. I love what Dennis does.
LESLIE ALEXANDER CD is going to be with the organization for a long time. He will be a great adviser. He will remain ...
LESLIE ALEXANDER I'm of the opinion that school systems in the United States are not funded properly. If a school nee...
LESLIE ALEXANDER This is as important as anything I've done as an owner.
LESLIE ALEXANDER I think he could become one of greatest players in the history of the game.
LESLIE ALEXANDER This is an exciting time for the Rockets. Yao is going to be a part of the Rockets for a long time. ...
LESLIE ALEXANDER We try to be good citizens in the NBA. The league thought we weren't good citizens, so we have to ab...
LESLIE ALEXANDER It's as important as anything I've ever done as owner. To have the next great big man of the NBA, it...
LESLIE ALEXANDER 'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'
LESLIE NIELSEN Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished.
LESLIE NIELSEN Mum and Dad sent us to a bilingual school, so we had half the lessons in English and half in French....
ROSE LESLIE When he makes a play, he comes down the court with a big grin. He's loves being on the court.
DAVID LESLIE For some, life is a trip in the daylight; for others, it's a journey through night.
LESLIE MIKLOSY I never met a plausible excuse I didn't like.
LESLIE MIKLOSY I certainly relate to Ygritte in the fact that she is so strong and also ruthless as well and I feel...
ROSE LESLIE I don't take anything at face value. I always look for the reasons people are the way they are.
LESLIE MANN After reading Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad when I was a student at Yale, I wanted to live in the ...
LESLIE COCKBURN I've been lucky enough to work with extraordinary teachers along the way, and I'm excited to...
LESLIE JAMISON For the first time in my life I tried whale. It was very chewy and quite fatty. My friend had had wh...
ROSE LESLIE Indecent assault? What is that all about? Don't they know who I am? I would expect to face something...
JOHN LESLIE It is important to separate the point products [released this week] from the compelling examples of ...
LESLIE FIERING I wish I had a funny story.
LESLIE EASTERBROOK I've always surrounded myself with funny people.
LESLIE MANN I don't think I would have been able to stick with it and been proud of who I am and be feminine...
LISA LESLIE We think wireless is going to grow tremendously. Do I think people are going to watch an episode of ...
LESLIE MOONVES The spark of a near-miss and the spark of a near-hit were once wed, and lived happily ever after.
LESLIE MIKLOSY I think many years from now, people will still watch television, though it will probably be 150 inch...
LESLIE MOONVES I would love to do comedy, but you have to be phenomenally good. I'm not sure I'm there yet....
ROSE LESLIE Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader ...
LISA LESLIE I feel like if you're a girl in the South, you know 'Gone with the Wind' better than any...
LESLIE BIBB When we did this reboot, I thought 'Ghostbusters' fans would be so excited: 'They've...
LESLIE JONES I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Japanese cinema.
LESLIE CARON The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own ...
LESLIE CHARTERIS I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experienc...
LESLIE CARON I never had any childhood, for the word means sunshine and freedom from care. I had a starved and pi...
FRANK LESLIE Evan is an exceptional pianist, and we're very happy he can take part in this concert.
LESLIE HARLOW It's new revenue streams, and everything we do with our content has to be for new revenue streams. T...
LESLIE MOONVES To feel the presence of the Lord is an amazing thing.
LISA LESLIE Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.
LISA LESLIE As a role model for young girls and women, I just encourage them to continue their education and set...
LISA LESLIE I love cheesecake and whipped cream. Those are my two downfalls.
LISA LESLIE It's not a situation of panic, that's the last thing you want to do. You want to make sure that you ...
LESLIE CRANE