And he did not like the idea that he might become a public person.
The truth is I am not a public person.
He was the only public person to offer any sort of uncomfortable explanation about the summer riots.
Gregor was having a hard time being a public person.
"She is the least public person that I've ever known - and unsuccessfully."
"We shall stand less committed," Washington wrote at the time, with negotiations by "a private rather than a public person."
"She is going to be more of a public person, if that's possible."
"I'm not a very public person, but if I do the job well, people won't hold that against me," he said.
No, the business of being a public private person is subtle and tricky.
But for a public person, that's no longer an excuse.