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American author 1956Related quotes
“The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.”
“This type of thing opens up the doors for Big Brother to come flying in…”
On police searching cell phones: Jay Leiderman, Diaz's attorney who originally filed the motion to suppress at trial, called the high court decision “weak” and a “scary one” because it relies on older U.S. Supreme Court cases that have not kept up with today’s modern technology where cell phones and smart phones can hold tens of thousands of pieces of information. http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/jan/04/states-high-court-rules-police-can-conduct-cell/
Proposing reforms to increase transparency and accountability in Washington.
[Reforming the Way Washington Works, Gillibrand, Kirsten, The Huffington Post, AOL, Inc., 2010-07-20, 2015-07-08, https://web.archive.org/web/20100807221953/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-kirsten-gillibrand/reforming-the-way-washing_b_652793.html]
“A comedian is not a man who opens a funny door. He opens a door funny.”
Hedda Hooper, November 1 1960, “Comic Ed Wynn, Winning Still, Discusses Craft”, Buffalo (NY) Courier-Express, pg. 6, col. 1. Wynn was paraphrasing Fred Allen. “A comic says funny things; a comedian says things funny”, Barry Popik, November 10, 2015, January 7, 2017 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/a_comic_says_funny_things/,
“I opened the doors of the Democratic Party and 20 million people walked out. -ibid”
“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.”
Source: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft