David Sarnoff Quotes
We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.
Quotes to Explore
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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I told the Mucinex people, 'You picked me because I always sound sick'. They were like, 'Well, it doesn't hurt'.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
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A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?
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Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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People associate girls with long blonde hair with the girls in 'Clueless' or 'Legally Blonde.' You can't be smart and educated and have an opinion because you are supposed to be stupid.
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I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
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I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.
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The philosophy of love and peace strangely overlooked who was in possession of the guns. There had been love and peace for some time on the continent of Africa because for all this time black men had been captivated by the doctrines of Christianity. It took them centuries to realize its contradictions. ... perhaps there was no greater crime as yet than all the lies Western civilization had told in the name of Jesus Christ.
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There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
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New Yorkers are tired of hearing about my personal life.
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Work! labor the asparagus me of life; the one great sacrament of humanity from which all other things flow - security, leisure, joy, art, literature, even divinity itself.
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Nature has an economy, an elegance, a style, that if we could but emulate it we could rise out of the rubble we are making out of the planet
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We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.
