If the subject matter isn't inherently interesting - accounting comes to mind - I've got to make it amusing, if only to keep myself awake.
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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.Allan Sloan
Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.
Allan Sloan
I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so that they have a chance of getting a fair shake from the connected and the powerful.
Allan Sloan
The lesson that any thinking person draws from the Stewart saga is that when the government asks questions, run for your lawyer and don't say a word. Had Stewart kept her mouth shut, she'd be OK.
Allan Sloan
People are treating the Stewart case as seriously as Enron when it's really over trivia.
Allan Sloan
I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way.
Allan Sloan
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