David Gregory Quotes
On Sundays, I'm up at five and in the office by six. After the show, around midday, I flip the switch, and it's all family. Our kids play sports, so we're running around.
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For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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I just want my films to work. The hit or flop verdict really affects me. I seriously analyse what went wrong if a film turns out to be a dud!
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
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If you want to join the Republican party, they have to let you in. There's nothing they can do about it. I mean, if Republicans will take Al D'Amato, they'll take anybody.
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My dad is truly the person who always made me believe in myself, to appreciate that I was smart.
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Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.
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Every character I approach, from 'Forrest Gump' all the way up to 'The Spoils Before Dying,' has a different set of requirements and always fascinates me.
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Grace can and does have a history.
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I'm an American songwriter, and I write from a very American perspective, and so did the records I grew up listening to.
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I've been a schoolteacher. I always try to get the kids to finish talking before the next one starts.
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There are a million good tunes.
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We must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.
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On Sundays, I'm up at five and in the office by six. After the show, around midday, I flip the switch, and it's all family. Our kids play sports, so we're running around.
