[PW] ? Quotations from Williams Alumni (Quotation Query #649)

[S M Colowick]

I've seen one oft-mentioned but unsourced quote from
Steinbrenner:"Winning is the most important thing in my life, after
breathing. Breathing first, winning next."

There's a memorable scene in the film Passionfish, written by John
Sayles, where a soap-opera actress demonstrates all the different ways
you can say the line "I didn't ask for the anal probe." A Google
search for "ask for the anal probe" retrieves about 3,000 hits (some
people remember it as "I did not"). Other film buffs may be able to
suggest better candidate quotes.

smc

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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>  For an article I am writing on famous quotations by Williams College alumni, I would welcome suggestions of any quotations by any of the following people:
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>  George Steinbrenner
>  William J. Bennett
>  G. Stanley Hall
>  Fay Vincent
>  Dominick Dunne
>  Jay McInerney
>  Herbert Stein
>  John Frankenheimer
>  Sterling A. Brown
>  James MacGregor Burns
>  Alvin Kernan
>  John Sayles
>  Frederick Wiseman
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>  Fred Shapiro
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