In all societies, public rhetoric involves some measure of lying, and history -- political history and art history -- is made when someone effectively confronts the lie. But in really scary societies public conversation is an exercise in using words ...
DMV Clerk: I'm sorry, sir, but we don't provide motorist information to the general public. Trevor Reznik: I'm not just a member of the general public. This guy's a friend of mine. DMV Clerk: But you don't know your friend's address? Trevor Reznik: W...
Just as there are legal guidelines concerning the police use of provocateurs, there must be limits to how far the media can go in setting up a misleading situation ... I, for one, can simply not accept that telling a lie is an acceptable way of repor...
I don't like publicity, being in the limelight.
Morals are private. Decency is public.
The public always picks quality.
The public is a bad guesser.
Everyone has a private self and a public self.
I'm not sure the public knows what it wants.
The public has become my fairy godmother.
The publicity and hoopla was never important to me.
The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.
Being honest with the public is how they respect you.
I'm the worst person about publicizing myself.
The public seldom forgive twice.
I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans.
One of the great dilemmas for America will be that American companies will do very well while American workers might not.
Leaving American disaster victims to languish is morally reprehensible and un-American.
Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.
There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.
Poor health was not just the result of random acts, bad luck, bad behavior or unfortunate genetics. Deliberate public policy decision about housing, education, parks and streets were the key drivers of racial differences in mortality. Crime kept peop...