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I'm a right-wing pundit and have been for many years.

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William Safire
Age: 79 †
Born: 1929
Born: December 17
Died: 2009
Died: September 27
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New York City
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William Lewis Safire
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Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.
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Gridlock is great. My motto is, 'Don't just do something. Stand there.'
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Adapt your style, if you wish, to admit the color of slang or freshness of neologism, but hang tough on clarity, precision, structure, grace.
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I think we have a need to know what we do not need to know.
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