Bob Schieffer Quotes
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	A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.   
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	China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.   
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	To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.   
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	Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.   
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	Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.   
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	I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.   
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	I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.   
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	Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.   
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	My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.   
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	A lot of what acting is paying attention.   
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	I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.   
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	I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.   
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	After I started being able to grow a beard, I was obviously done at Disney - until I'm old enough to be a parent or an annoying older brother.   
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	Experience has shown me that standing by oneself reading from one's book isn't especially compelling - unless you're David Sedaris.   
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	It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.   
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	I loved the writing process. I loved it.   
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	Every actor wants to, in our own sort of weird sort of way, we really want to push ourselves and test ourselves.   
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	I am someone who doesn't pay so much attention to how I am looking. I get so involved in what I am doing, so I overlook that.   
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	When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.   
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	Benzedrine often helps a case run.   
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	When I was younger, I was a rave kid trapped inside a singer/songwriter's body. But I kind of figured my way out because I started making these really terrible beats on this Yamaha keyboard that my parents got me for my 10th birthday.   
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	I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					