Charles Kuralt Quotes
I remember being in the public library and my jaw just aching as I looked around at all those books I wanted to read. There just wasn't time enough to read everything I wanted to read.
Quotes to Explore
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The world needs some help.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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I love, personally, the experience of going to the theater, going to the cinema.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
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Writers are so important.
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The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what's on the brochure they sent you.
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It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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It's no secret that I wear a kippa.
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I met Jared Leto at Soho House in Berlin.
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I've been privileged to meet presidents and sing at inaugurations and other political events.
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If it was just me and Elvis one on one, which only happened once or twice in the times that I did see him, it was a really comfortable. He was a cool guy. Easy laugh, nice guy.
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When I was in the navy, I wanted to go to Paris and the Academie Julian. I never did. Mexico City took me instead.
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Generations of gun owners have taught their sons and daughters that it takes as much patience and skill to be a good shot as it does to be a good steward of a powerful weapon.
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It took me a while to affirm the fact that I'm actually a really good writer. I couldn't even call myself a writer with a straight face because I didn't take my gift seriously.
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Daniel Goleman has proven that two-thirds of the success in business is based upon our Emotional Intelligence as opposed to our IQ or our level of experience. As we look for the next crop of future CEOs, maybe it's time for America's corporations to start interviewing grads from the psychology master's programs rather than the M.B.A. programs.
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I remember being in the public library and my jaw just aching as I looked around at all those books I wanted to read. There just wasn't time enough to read everything I wanted to read.
