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Helen Thomas 20
American author and journalist 1920–2013Related quotes
His response to the annoying banality of an interviewer
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The Book of Illusions (2002)
“Madonna: "Is that a rug?" (referring to David Letterman's hair).”
On The Late Show with David Letterman (1994)
“David Frost has risen without trace.”
Kitty Muggeridge, The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (3rd ed, 2007) 230:8
About
Source: after 2000, Doubt and belief in painting' (2003), p. 106, note 58
“David Hurley, former Chief, Australian Defence Force”
Message regarding unacceptable behaviour (2013)
Context: I will be ruthless in ridding the army of people who cannot live up to its values. And I need everyone of you to support me in achieving this. The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept. that goes for all of us, but especially those, who by their rank, have a leadership role. NB While on Q & A, ABC TV on 1st February 2016, Australian of the Year, Lieutenant General David Lindsay Morrison attributed; "The standard you walk by is the standard you accept"; to David Hurley, former Chief, Australian Defence Force, explaining the quote; "... doesn't belong to me or [my former speechwriter] Cate McGregor, it belongs to the Governor of NSW, David Hurley."
“It was really [David] Whitteridge who taught me to be a scientist.”
Ladefoged's informal CV; on his becoming a scientist.