Jayson Blair Quotes
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In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
Patrick J. Kennedy -
Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
Caprice Bourret -
There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
Ida B. Wells -
I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
Samira Wiley -
I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.
Nathan Fillion -
Life is too short to blend in.
Paris Hilton
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
Gary Vaynerchuk -
Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
Pat Buchanan -
In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
Randall Kennedy -
When you see results, you start to wonder, 'What would happen if I had oatmeal instead of sausage for breakfast?' You start to eat better because you feel better.
Octavia Spencer -
Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
Madeline Zima -
The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good.
Walter Cronkite
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
Vicki Lawrence -
A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Edmund Burke -
Time is the devourer of all things.
Ovid -
What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time.
Ed O'Brien Radiohead -
I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
Orson Welles -
I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.
Cameron Mathison
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I think people get excited about someone discovering something that blew their mind when they were younger. I think it makes people kind of nostalgic and happy. That's one of the really great things about the Internet, that it can bring people together in that way of just being interested in the same stuff.
Tavi Gevinson -
I don't like allegories.
J. R. R. Tolkien -
It is clear that United States immigration policy is badly in need of reform.
Ander Crenshaw -
'Welcome To New York' is one of those songs that, with just one single radio play, will make at least 10 New Yorkers move to Marfa, Texas.
Nora Lum -
Iran will for sure have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon, and now will be subject to an additional protocol, a more vigorous inspection and monitoring regime that lasts in perpetuity.
Barack Obama -
I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.
Jayson Blair