James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.
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The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
quote by William Blackstone
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Ron allowed us to see right away the private piece of a person about to become very public. I suspect we're going to see more of her very private world - Laura's private experience. I'm not sure yet how public she's going to be about the actions she's going to have to take.
quote by Mary McDonnell
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They defined what was private and what was public and they would move it whenever they wished.
quote by Andrew Morton
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I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen.
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For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance.
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The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.
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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
I recognized that information was, in many respects, like a public good, and it was this insight that made it clear to me that it was unlikely that the private market would provide efficient resource allocations whenever information was endogenous.
quote by Joseph E. Stiglitz
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In the long run, the public interest depends on private virtue.
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Millions of public workers have become a kind of privileged new class - a new elite, who live better than their private sector counterparts. Public servants have become the public's masters. No wonder the public is upset.
quote by Mortimer Zuckerman
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I dare suggest that the composer would do himself and his music an immediate and eventual service by total, resolute and voluntary withdrawal from this public world to one of private performance and electronic media.
quote by Milton Babbitt
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I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing it in public.
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I know of no book which has been a source of brutality and sadistic conduct, both public and private, that can compare with the Bible.
quote by James Paget
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Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.
quote by James Joyce
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A Dark Passage
A dark passage, I notice
Nothing else I spot
Total darkness appears to be in front of me
Image of total obscurity
Is all that I foresee.
I do detect few lights and that seems to be the only hope
As that is the indication of life being present
Maybe I will survive these shadows
If I do manage to endure this thrashing given to me by destiny
Then I certainly will consider myself as fortunate
Hopeful I remain, even though a dark passage I notice.
poem by Rohit Sapra
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No one can deny that much of our modern advertising is essentially dishonest; and it can be maintained that to lie freely and all the time for private profit is not to abuse the right of free speech, whether it is a violation of the law or not. But again the practical question is, how much lying for private profit is to be permitted by law?
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I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it.
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Second, when comparing private school and public school test scores, it's like apples and oranges. Public schools have to take everyone, but private schools can be selective. It's not accurate or fair to compare the job they do.
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In Private (Stuart Crichton Club Mix) (feat. Elton John)
Take your time and tell me
Why you lie?
I realise
That we've been found out this time
We should stand together
If we can
But what you planned
Means there's a difference between ...
What you're gonna say in private
You still want my love, we're in this together
And what you're gonna do in public
Say you were never in love that you can remember
So discrete (She's so discrete)
I never tried to meet (She never)
Your friends or interfere (No)
I took a back seat (Back seat) between ...
On what you're gonna say in private
You still want my love, we're in this together
And what you're gonna do in public
Say you were never in love that you can remember
What you gonna say
When you run back to your wife
I guess it's just the story of her life
What you gonna say
So take your time
And tell me, when did you lie
Oh, I mean
All the time (No)
That there's a difference (A difference) between (between)
On what you're gonna say in private
You still want my love, we're in this together
And what you're gonna do in public
Say you were never in love that you can remember
Tell me what you gonna say (In private) Oooh
(You still want my love, we're in this together)
What you gonna say, what you gonna do
(And what you're gonna do) Baby
(in public) What you gonna say
(Say you were never in love) Oooh
(that you can remember) What you gonna say
Say in private
song performed by by Pet Shop Boys
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I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service.
quote by Warren Beatty
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