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.
Quotes to Explore
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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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 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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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.
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They are beautiful monsters... And when they live in a network of peace and hope, when they trust the world and their deepest hungers are fulfilled, then within that system, that delicate web, there is joy. That is what we live for, to bind the monsters together, to murder their fear and give birth to their beauty.
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I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don't admire them but I'm interested in them.
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There is no religionin our industry. My dad is a Muslim, my mother is a Hindu and i call myself insaan.
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Los Angeles is the only place that I can honestly say I have ever called home.
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Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.
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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.
