Chris Matthews can't start any sentence without 'Let me ask you this... ' And I love Chris Matthews! But almost everybody in journalism does it. Who's stopping you? Just say it!
Dick CavettI'm not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn't really bother me.
Dick CavettNobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.
Dick CavettEvery writer knows that unless you were born gifted with either supreme confidence or outsize ego, handing in your work holds, in some cases, admitted terror. If that's too strong, at least fairly high anxiety.
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