Jason Hammel Quotes
You have to go out and find a way to compete every day. I know what I can do and what I can offer the team.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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Sleep is the best meditation.
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You can over-think things. If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorising rather than being real.
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light.
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There are many more serial killers living outside the prison walls than inside.
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I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.
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Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.
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This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation.
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Mainstream American society finds it easiest to be tolerant when the outsider chooses to minimize the differences that separate him from the majority. The country club opens its doors to Jews. The university welcomes African-Americans. Heterosexuals extend the privilege of marriage to the gay community.
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Drilling is risky because finding oil is only half the job. The real challenge is finding the money to pump the oil.
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Our D.V.R.s make up the schedule of the shows that we're passionate about. You want Jon Stewart? You've got it. Your D.V.R. will give that to you, as opposed to making the destination and the choice to spend that evening with a network.
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The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.
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There's nothing like New Orleans. When it comes back, it will be a tremendous highlight for America.
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I saw 'Brokeback Mountain' in a packed house in Chelsea, New York, when I was filming a Bollywood film there. Chelsea, being a predominately gay neighbourhood, had the most euphoric reaction. I saw couples holding hands and crying at the end. It was the most heartening viewing I have ever been to.
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I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.
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When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes.
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This was one of the best things about Lennon and McCartney, the competitive element within the team. It was great. But hard to live with.
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You have to go out and find a way to compete every day. I know what I can do and what I can offer the team.
