![They [candidates] say, "I don't want to say anything controversial." And so nobody covers them. Then they blame the journalists, saying "Why don't they write down what I said?" In congressional races, 90 percent of the time the answer is, "Because you are boring and you don't have anything that makes me interested in listening to you. Why the heck should somebody write it down? There's nothing here worth hearing."](/assets/img/quote-photos/they-candidates-say-i-dont-want-to-say-anything-controversial-and-so-nobod.jpg)
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Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither. Charles Caleb Colton
writing language nonsense
It is curious that some learned dunces, because they can write nonsense in languages that are dead, should despise those that talk sense in languages that are living.
writing men profound
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.
writing faces privacy
The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
writing men three
There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it.
writing should-have fire
We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire.
writing self hints
The awkwardness and embarrassment which all feel on beginning to write, when they themselves are the theme, ought to serve as a hint to author's that self is a subject they ought very rarely to descant upon.
writing two style
When I meet with any persons who write obscurely or converse confusedly, I am apt to suspect two things; first, that such persons do not understand themselves; and secondly, that they are not worthy of being understood by others.
listening
Yieldedness is vital in listening to what He has to say. Charles Stanley
listening wish newspapers
No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers. Charles Spurgeon
listening actors want
All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening. Alan Rickman
listening important actors
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listening i-can knows
I can't learn nothing from listening to me. That's something I already know. Buddy Guy
listening gold example
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listening pay distraction
Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person. Denis Waitley
listening tasks musician
As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the notes. Edward Gardner
listening next chance
Failure comes when you don’t listen. You can’t put something out there and assume it’s great. It’s up to us to make sure we’re listening to improve our chances for success-if not this time, next time. Alan Lewis
say-anything hollywood
In Hollywood, you can't say anything bad about anybody or everyone is going to attack you. Chloe Sevigny
say-anything sexist unfair
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say-anything want protect-you
I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see. Camille Claudel
say-anything trying world
I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you're allowed to make jokes. I don't want to live in some PC world where no-one's allowed to say anything. Boy George
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I don't say anything unintentionally. Dominic Monaghan
say-anything wish plot
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say-anything littles produce
I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it. Abraham Lincoln
say-anything statistics intention
It is a precarious undertaking to say anything reliable about aims and intentions. Albert Einstein
say-anything goes-on behind-my-back
I don't know what goes on behind my back... I always feel like, if you don't have anything good to say, then don't say anything. Amy Heckerling