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Cod is more responsible for the discovery of the New World than almost anything else. Drove the Vikings across the North Atlantic, and John Cabot discovered America by looking for cod. (Graydon Carter)
I walk down the street and people don't go, 'my God, there he is.' I lead as normal a life as you can lead in New York City. View quote
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I think being Canadian helps you as a journalist in America, because you're sort of on the outside watching this big party going on, and you're sort of taking mental notes as it goes on. I think if you're in the party the whole time, you don't notice it as much. And I think Canadians are very good observers of American culture. View quote
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Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi looks in the mirror and sees a playboy of the old school. And men such as Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Charlie Sheen no doubt look at Berlusconi and think, 'Role model!' Women, of course, know otherwise. They see him as an aging, pathetic buffoon. View quote
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Those who remember New York in the 1970s, as I do, look back on a city that had hit a very rough patch - decaying, bankrupt, and crime-ridden. But fun. View quote
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You know, I used to warm the thermometer on the light bulb... I was really good at being sick. I could forge my mother's signature on a sick note so well I was hardly ever at school. View quote
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Branding experts believe that just because they have rethought a company's image or name, the rest of us will automatically fall in line. View quote
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People think they have to be ambitious. But at a certain age, all you want is to be around nice, decent people. View quote
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Every minute you invest in kids you get back four times over. View quote
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To a young kid growing up in Canada, America seemed to be crazy about the future; dazzled by it. View quote
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Television has the obvious benefits of regularity and intimacy. (Graydon Carter)
Everything I love about America is fragile. View quote
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There aren't any looks or customs I wish would come back. Today almost anything goes. Culture constantly devours the past so there's not much that's missing. View quote
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After the collapse of Wall Street in the 1920s, the culture stopped being all about money, and the country survived and ultimately flourished. View quote
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The fact is, unlike a lot of writers, I credit the people who help me. A lot of writers out there have a ton of researchers and they don't get credited in the book. View quote
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In this age of 24-7 headlines, the term 'newsweekly' seems almost quaint. View quote
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It could fairly be said that America, during the Bush years, has entered an Age of Denial - arguably the first stage of a nation's decline. View quote
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Stationery is addictive. I get mine made in Paris at Benetton, and writing on it gives me a strange thrill. View quote
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Moping is an unattractive attribute in a man. View quote
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As any editor will tell you, startling newsroom revelations are generally met with queries about where the information came from and how the reporter got it. Seriously startling revelations are followed by the vetting of libel lawyers. View quote
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You lose manufacturing jobs, you rarely ever get them back again. (Graydon Carter)
A workday lunch that lasts as long as a transcontinental flight is an impossibility for all but the most pliant and footloose of food tourists. To get in the game, you need a thick wallet, an adventurous palate, and a whole lot of time. View quote
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Take a random selection of photographs of America in 2012 and 2002 and 1992 and, except for the skinny jeans and the porkpie hats, you'll be hard-pressed to tell the years in which the pictures were taken. View quote
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Somewhere along the way, New York became all about money. Or rather, it was always about money, but it wasn't all about money, if you know what I mean. New York's not Geneva or Zurich yet, but we're certainly heading in that direction. London is, too. View quote
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It's no surprise that the Bush administration's bullying swagger and blithe ignorance have caused much of the Muslim world to hold the U.S. in rock-bottom regard. View quote
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