Bob Schieffer Quotes
Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
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The bad news is, I have worked less than I have liked. The good news is, I can look back on my body of work and feel truly proud of the work I have done.
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I try to get in people's heads. My job is to get the ball, so if I'm talking trash to an O-lineman or quarterback or receiver, and they start thinking about me, that's good, because they aren't thinking about the game anymore.
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Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
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If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.
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Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedy long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone or anything, but what the hell, it was as good a name as any.
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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are a form of money that's a stable field that the government can't destroy and can't distort. Because its creation is governed by the laws of mathematics. It can't happen any faster or slower than a certain rate, and it all sort of self-adjusts.
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I came up in the theater, and I learned pretty quickly that reading a review, whether it's good or bad, can strangely affect the next performances, because you're reacting to something that's been said about you. So I tend to avoid that stuff pretty studiously.
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It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.
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I don't like to travel as much as I have in the past, but it's good for my soul to get to pick, especially with these good musicians and these guys that play so well.
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DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does.
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The last time I was pulled over was in 2005. I was going 55 in a 35 mile per hour zone - which I don't understand because you can barely even idle at 35 miles per hour. Anyway, I was ordered to go to traffic school. It was an 8-hour class and really painful.
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I love Costas. He's knows too much, but he's a good guy.
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Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.
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For me, there are no my people and strangers, no bad people and good people. All people are equal for me.
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I had a good job as a printer in the East End. Before the unions destroyed it, that job was very lucrative.
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A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself. It's sort of like a prism, which you can see from each facet a single totality.
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There's no good guys and bad guys.
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When you're a child, you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't conscious that I was so good at that until I started to truly feel like an actor.
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A Jesuit once wrote a note to Father Arrupe, his superior general, asking him about the relative value of communism, socialism and capitalism. Father Arrupe gave him a lovely reply. He said, 'A system is about as good or as bad as the people who use it.' People with golden hearts would make capitalism or communism or socialism work beautifully.
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Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.
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I don't like parties past 2 am. Then it's all losers and weirdos.
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'Twilight' is a breathlessly addictive read with a love story that sucks people in.
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I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.
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Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
