Don Hewitt Quotes
Let's give the conventions back to the politicians. If we think there's any news, we can tack it on afterward as commentary. But the conventions should be their show, not ours.
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I'm quite ignorant about fashion and I'm colourblind, so it's all a tad tricky. My only knowledge of that world comes through Christopher Bailey, whom I first met in 2008 when I did a campaign for Burberry that featured musicians, artists, actors and sportsmen.
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I would describe my sound as classic Motown.
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It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
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People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
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I just consider myself an artist. I don't really rap. I don't really sing. I just do what I feel is good, and people like it.
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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!
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I want to be the best daughter, sister, friend and wife I can possibly be - because when I die, I am not going to be buried with my Oscar.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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Strong families are vital to strong societies.
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Even though I hated doing farming and wanted to just get out of the village, I would work from 5 in the morning till 5 in the evening.
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Well, we have two major goals. The most important one is to get the station arm on board the station, because that's this really milestone in the space station building since from now on they will be using this arm to continue building the space station.
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The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
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In the dressing room, we've just made it really Zen: low lighting, lots of candles, and fresh, healthy food.
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My family are massive fans of 'I'm A Celeb,' so that would be pretty cool. There's so many areas where you can go in and enjoy, but I just like meeting new people.
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Rose-Anna was tugging at the edge of her apron with a tired, futile gesture she had never made in the past – the grandmother’s gesture.
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There is no such things as 'Islamic terrorism,' because terrorism differs from Islam. There's just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term 'Islamic terrorism' has become widespread.
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People say that knowledge is power. The more knowledge, the more power. Which makes you just about the most powerful person on earth. When it comes to killing people. And then getting away with it.
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I'd written personal essays before, but never on this scale - never so often and with such, er, honesty. (If by honesty I mean slashing my wrists and hemorrhaging all over the computer screen).
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The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and inventors generally don't have PhDs.
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Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon.
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When I first moved to London, there was talk of a folk revival, with annoying names like nu-folk that made me feel slightly ill.
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And so much of my life has been about returning home and longing for home, wanting my children to know about my roots. And I thought I can't be the only one to feel this way so I thought it would be an interesting topic to explore.
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Let's give the conventions back to the politicians. If we think there's any news, we can tack it on afterward as commentary. But the conventions should be their show, not ours.
