Flap Quotes
Politics, publishing, and panic
One flap quote recalls an FBI embassy break-in that officials feared could turn into a Big scandal if it were ever traced back.
I have one anecdote about the FBI breaking into an embassy in Washington, and under Hoover, they had this sort of ruse whereby they didn't want to recommend a break-in that might be a big flap and cause all kinds...
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Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore...
I'd go to a bookstore, and I'd flip through flap copy, and I'd think, 'If this gal can get published, I can get published.'
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It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
I can change a diaper in 30 seconds flat. I set the new one beneath the old one. That way, it's just wipe and pull the flap over.
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Another jokes About flipping through book jacket flap copy in a store, using rival authors' success as motivation to keep writing.
