Don Lemon Quotes
I was hired by the 'Tom Joyner Morning Show' to do commentary that makes people think. I want my audience to feel like they are learning and not being pandered to.
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick. The same laws of health or of nursing, for they are in reality the same, obtain among the well as among the sick.
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When you speak of role models, when we talk to our kids, everybody is a role model, everyone, just as you look at a Michael Jordan to be the terrific athlete he is.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.
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Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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I had heard about how people struggle and how hard it is to get into acting. But I did not care because it's something I love.
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When you work somewhere and you feel comfortable, you don't want to leave. You want to stay there forever.
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When you're on set, the crew are like your family because you see them every day, six days a week.
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Although I've been a longtime Democrat (primarily because, unless there is some very compelling reason to be otherwise, I am always for 'the little guy'), my political orientation is not rigid. For instance, I supported John McCain's run for the presidency in 2000.
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When I listen to music from different eras, I sense different things. The 1940s music, there's so much optimism and romance, maybe because they just solved the biggest problem on Earth at that time - World War II. In the 1960s, there was so much creativity and innovation in sound.
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I made history and therefore did not find time to write it.
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I've got two young children, so holidays are not the same as they used to be. There are now two types: family holidays and holidays you need from that holiday.
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I'd rather go after the people who are the guardians or what we're doing - the news people and the politicians and that sort of thing. I always feel like those should be my targets, not really entertainers. That's just my personal opinion.
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I'm lucky to have worked with all the people that I have, and I really love what I do, and that is very important, too.
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I was hired by the 'Tom Joyner Morning Show' to do commentary that makes people think. I want my audience to feel like they are learning and not being pandered to.
