Jeff Greenfield Quotes
There are good people who are dealt a bad hand by fate, and bad people who live long, comfortable, privileged lives. A small twist of fate can save or end a life; random chance is a permanent, powerful player in each of our lives, and in human history as well.
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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We, after a certain age, after college, are so consumed about what we want to achieve in life, and we fiercely are ambitious and we go after that, but sometimes we tend to take all our loved and dear ones for granted.
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I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
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It makes sense to have cameras in places where terrorism and crime are of particular concern - such as in Times Square or near major bridges and tunnels. It would be more troubling to learn, however, that the government has focused cameras on the front doors of our homes just to keep track of our comings and goings.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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I was a huge comic book fan as a kid. The only problem I had with comic books is how expensive they got. I didn't have a lot of money, so I had to be very specific about what I wanted to collect. I think they're all somewhere in the basement of my folks' house.
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Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad.
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I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.
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If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things.
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Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.
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Due process gives teachers the latitude to use their professional judgment in their classrooms, to advocate for their students, and to not fear retribution for speaking the truth or teaching controversial subjects like evolution. As political winds shift in school districts, due process also wards off patronage or nepotism.
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Acting didn't come and just clip me on the nose.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.
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I remember my father, who was 'somebody' in the synagogue, bringing home with him one of the poor men who waited outside to be chosen to share the Passover meal. These patriarchal manners I remember well, although there was about them an air of bourgeois benevolence which was somewhat comic.
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You know most of the food that Americans hold so dear - things like hamburgers and hot dogs - were road food, but even before they were road food, they were peasant food.
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There are good people who are dealt a bad hand by fate, and bad people who live long, comfortable, privileged lives. A small twist of fate can save or end a life; random chance is a permanent, powerful player in each of our lives, and in human history as well.
