Elmer Davis Quotes
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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Over the years, I have realized that there's more to a film's fate than just good acting and a solid script. It needs to be marketed well. It's the package that sells - the songs, action, actors, etc.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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Everyone should be good at what they do.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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I always knew where I was going eventually, so it helped me to stay at home for three years. It helped me to develop my game. But it also helped me off the ice. Life here is way different, and I was able to get older.
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I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport.
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I think a lot of the reason people are attracted to the Keystone pipeline is because at least we're doing something. There's a fear that society will collapse if it's not acting. To contrast those actions with other actions is important in making it feel plausible. Maybe we must have the size of the dream meet the size of the threat.
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When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer.
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If expectations of lifetime earnings drop, then so will spending.
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The human heart is not unchanging (nay, changes almost out of recognition in the twinkling of an eye).
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Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages, a delicate, robust, mournful psalm at the great junction of spiritual cultures.
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The first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you.
