Being Accused Quotes - Page 2

• Whenever I was called a gourmet, I suspected I was being accused of something at least slightly unpleasant. But that was before I heard the term "foodie." I am still not sure that a gourmet is a good thing to be, but it must be better than a foodie.

  Mark Kurlansky

  Food, Gourmet, Good Things

  Mark Kurlansky (2013). “Choice Cuts”, p.23, Random House

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• The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will stick to your name.

  Asne Seierstad

  Mean, Names, Risk

  "The Bookseller of Kabul author cleared of invading Afghan family's privacy" by Alexandra Topping, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2011.

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• I have myself always been terrified of plagiarism - of being accused of it, that is. Every writer is a thief, though some of us are more clever than others at disguising our robberies. The reason writers are such slow readers is that we are ceaselessly searching for things we can steal and then pass off as our own: a natty bit of syntax, a seamless transition, a metaphor that jumps to its target like an arrow shot from an aluminum crossbow.

  Joseph Epstein

  Clever, Writing, Arrows

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• I don't mind being accused of being a bad comedian and I don't even mind being accused of being a bad talk-show host, but I never want to be accused of being an arrogant, pompous showbiz asshole.

  David Letterman

  Comedian, Mind, Arrogant

  "David Letterman's 1984 Playboy Interview. A Candid Conversation with the Comedy Genius In His Youth". Playboy Interview, playboysfw.kinja.com. April 3, 2014.

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• Being accused of making money by selling sex in Hollywood, home of the casting couch and the gratuitous nude scene, is so rich with irony that it's a better subject for a comic novel than a column.... On one coast the cops are busting sex workers on Eighth Avenue, dragging them downtown to night court where they pay the fine and go right back to their corner; on another they're charging Heidi Fleiss with pandering in a town in which the verb is an art form.

  Anna Quindlen

  Art, Sex, Home

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• The thing political figures fear most is a terror event that will ruin their careers. The biggest thing they fear is that a bomb goes off and it can be traced to something they did or didn’t do, an action they did or didn’t support. They all fear being accused of not doing enough to keep the citizenry safe.

  Peggy Noonan

  Careers, Support, Political

  "The Era of Metadata". blogs.wsj.com. June 8, 2013.

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• It is not possible to assert publicly that Monsanto is anything other than venal without being accused of being a sellout, a fraud, or worse.

  Michael Specter

  Fraud, Monsanto, Accused

  "Why the Climate Corporation Sold Itself to Monsanto" by Michael Specter, www.newyorker.com. November 3, 2013.

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• I'm being accused of being a murderer! I'M being ACCUSED of being a molester!... They say my idea of a fun day is a dark lonely field and the urunj of a car, and a large stick and a roll of duct tape! My MOM shops at Wal-Mart! She gets calls all the time now; she's worried about me! I'm not the most emotionally stable guy in the world; I'll admit that... I do have some problems, but my God, I'm not a murderer!

  Al Snow

  Mom, Lonely, Fun

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• With the risk of being accused of quoting the wrong person I can say that [Adolf] Hitler wrote that "the more the press attacks a person the closer he is to us".

  Varg Vikernes

  Risk, Wrong Person, Quoting

  Source: heathenharvest.org

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