David Sarnoff Quotes
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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I was 18 when I first started working at a restaurant. I was a dishwasher. I only got the job because I wanted to go to Ibiza for vacation, and washing dishes was the only job I could find.
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Words should have the power to inform and to move, not the power to send people scurrying away. But if you attach that much emotional energy to a word, it gives people the power to hurt each other.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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One thing I have seen over and over again in life is that there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and common sense. IQ doesn't seem to translate that way.
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I love rock n' rollers.
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Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.
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We have 1.8 million Americans behind bars today at Local, State and Federal level. In the federal system, which has doubled in the last ten years, over 110,000 people behind bars in the Federal system, probably two-thirds are there for drug related reason.
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Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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I never thought of myself as a songwriter. I was just an artist writing songs, and they just happened to get placed.
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Each emission of an alpha or beta ray accompanies the transmutation of an atom; the energy communicated to these rays comes from inside the atom.
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One of my little girls is named Reagan. Her first words were, 'Mr. Larry, tear down this crib.' That was her first words, it was very sweet. My first words were, 'Are you going to finish that sandwich?'
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I've never heard a man in a suit tell me what to wear; that's not their forte. You hire your stylist; whatever someone's image is as an artist is what they've chosen to portray.
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I have my career and my family, and that's it.
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I don't intend to die.
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Who does understand life?
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But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.
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The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.
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The top end are still making bucket loads while maintaining the illusion of the American dream: that if you work hard enough, you can make a fortune. Meanwhile, the working and middle classes have been hollowed out of the system.
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Each time we make this shift and choose happiness, we experience a miracle. Our mind shifts from fearful delusions and reconnects to our truth, which is love. Creating these shifts requires a dedicated commitment to choosing love.
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Grime reminds me that swimming is very gladiatorial.
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My favorite actors when I was a kid were in their '60s. Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne.
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I don't care who you are, but you turn into a different person when you don't sleep.
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The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
