"If the government decides to put your life……" — Allan Sloan
"If the government decides to put your life under a microscope, do you think it won't find something? I suspect there's not an adult in the country who would walk away totally unscathed if every aspect of his or her life were investigated the way Stewart's ImClone trading was."
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Allan Sloan
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13 Quotes by Allan Sloan
Allan Sloan has 13 quotes on this site.
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I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that…
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When I started writing a business column 15 years ago, I knew I'd found the perfect job for myself. As…
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Teamwork is better than isolation, especially for a columnist.
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Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.
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Report, report, report. Dig, dig, dig. Think, think, think. Don't stop being a reporter because you've become a columnist.
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Don't commit to being a columnist unless you're willing to do it right. Report your behind off, so you have…
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I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so that they have a chance…
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I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldn't…
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It's easy to write a good column if you've got good information. It's hard if you have to depend on…
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People are treating the Stewart case as seriously as Enron when it's really over trivia.
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The column's worked out great for me. I've gotten a ton of ego satisfaction, had a lot of fun, won…
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The lesson that any thinking person draws from the Stewart saga is that when the government asks questions, run for…
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