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Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses.

There's a dangerous bottom-lining, and super-summarizing that happens in a lot of our press and our media, and sort of our politicians' talking points, that's dangerously simple. I don't know a better way to say it. And there's usually a lot more complicated facts going on than what is quoted and quotable.

I rarely find that things put in quotes, attributed to me, are things that I said -certainly in the context in which they are presented.

It's a problem sometimes when you speak to journalists. They quote you, and then they read what they wrote, and then they even explain it. It's dangerous.

I'm a great believer in the direct quote in quotation marks and the hard fact.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.