When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness.


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WALTER BECKER
You have a kid, and it's like, 'He's gotta go to college! Gotta have some clothes!'
WALTER BECKER
'8 Miles to Pancake Day' is a reconciliation of the classic space-time dilemma.
WALTER BECKER
It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its co...
WALTER BECKER
There was a film called 'FM,' and we were asked to do the title song. And I said, 'Does ...
WALTER BECKER
'Deacon Blues' was special for me. It's the only time I remember mixing a record all day...
WALTER BECKER
The protagonist in 'Deacon Blues' is a triple-L loser - an L-L-L Loser. It's not so much...
WALTER BECKER
There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
WALTER BECKER
I spent a couple of years not doing any music or anything, just here in Hawaii trying to get healthy...
WALTER BECKER
I'm not interested in a rock/jazz fusion.
WALTER BECKER
It's great fun to play with a really good band.
WALTER BECKER
People are really exercised about one particular thing, and that is themselves. They will bore you e...
WALTER BECKER
Rock music is being systematically merged with fashion.
WALTER BECKER
Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could ...
WALTER BECKER
When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's...
WALTER BECKER
My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of th...
WALTER BECKER
I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and end...
WALTER BECKER
I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.
WALTER BECKER
Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
WALTER BAGEHOT
You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-d...
WALTER BAGEHOT
An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time ...
WALTER BAGEHOT
No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist...
WALTER BAGEHOT
The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opi...
WALTER BAGEHOT
No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.
WALTER BAGEHOT
Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink...
WALTER BAGEHOT
The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not kn...
WALTER BAGEHOT
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only...
WALTER BAGEHOT
Life is a school of probability.
WALTER BAGEHOT
It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause...
WALTER ANNENBERG
I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty.
WALTER ANNENBERG
I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.
WALTER ANNENBERG
Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minu...
WALTER ANNENBERG
God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
WALTER ANNENBERG
You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.
WALTER ANNENBERG
What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
WALTER ANNENBERG
The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energi...
WALTER ANNENBERG
Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
WALTER ANNENBERG
I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.
WALTER ANNENBERG
Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.
WALTER ANNENBERG
Accomplish something every day of your life.
WALTER ANNENBERG
People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.
WALTER ANNENBERG
The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
WALTER ANNENBERG
In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.
WALTER ANNENBERG
Never buy four C-plus paintings when you can buy one A.
WALTER ANNENBERG
My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country.
WALTER ANNENBERG
Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually en...
WALTER ANNENBERG
Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable late...
WALTER ANNENBERG
Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.
WALTER ANNENBERG
The greatest power is not money power, but political power.
WALTER ANNENBERG
I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible f...
WALTER ANDERSON