Mark My Words … I Mean What I Say

0 Comments | Insight on the News, June 18, 2001 | by John Elvin

"My first reaction was an immediate feeling of compassion because I knew what he was about to go through."

-- O.J. Simpson comments on the news about the murder of Bonny Lee Bakley, wife of actor Robert Blake, and the report that Blake might be a suspect.

"My rise is not at Jesse's expense."

-- The Rev. Al Sharpton, announcing he's available as a presidential candidate, says he's not taking advantage of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's troubles.

"Finally, it's not who you know but whom you know."

-- Former presidential candidate Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes Inc., in concluding his commencement address at Siena College in New York.

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