Pete Seeger Quotes

Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.

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• The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • May
  • Strong
  • Church

• Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top.

  

  Jack Youngblood
  • Together
  • Me
  • Play

• I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

  

  Wayne Gretzky
  • Going
  • Been
  • Where

• Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.

  

  Barry O'Farrell
  • Society
  • Religion
  • Hatred

• I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Job
  • Myself
  • Never

• One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.

  

  Nancy Kerrigan
  • Different
  • Fun
  • Change

• The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Success
  • Always
  • Policy

• The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Important
  • Game
  • Day

• Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Girl
  • You
  • Waiting

• Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.

  

  Abbie Hoffman
  • Free
  • Fire
  • Theatre

• Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.

  

  Walter Kohn
  • Physics
  • Structure
  • Planned

• At first, Uniqlo was a casual chain on the back streets of Hiroshima. Then... we became a national brand in Japan. So, the next step is to become a global brand.

  

  Tadashi Yanai
  • First
  • Step
  • Brand

• Everybody does their homework, and we all come together and just knock it out. There are adjustments to make, and if you have actors who are collaborators and who really know how to listen and be in the scene together, than it works out beautifully.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Together
  • Know
  • Homework

• A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire.

  

  Rabih Alameddine
  • Hope
  • Team
  • Fire

• Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.

  

  P. T. Barnum
  • Truth
  • Science
  • Pure

• With every story that TV covers, somebody - some corporation, some shareholders - are making money. That's true whether covering Libya, Iraq, the tsunami in Japan, Osama bin Laden, whatever story there is. That day, the shareholders are making money off it. Every newspaper that's sold, somebody's making a dime.

  

  Nancy Grace
  • Money
  • True
  • Day

• Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • Greatest
  • Winner
  • Seen

• Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.

  

  Ice T
  • Happy
  • Hip Hop
  • Sounds

• I always feel like I want to work with people who raise my game, and I can do the same for them, and we can jump off the cliff together.

  

  Carla Gugino
  • People
  • Work
  • Together

• The first book you write because of the way it makes you feel. The second one you can't help but wonder how it's going to make the reader feel.

  

  Kathryn Stockett
  • Book
  • Help
  • Wonder

• You can only shoot small movies and documentaries for so long if you want to have a family that you support; eventually, you need to get let into the big leagues.

  

  Rachel Morrison
  • Long
  • Family
  • Small

• Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.

  

  Lara St. John
  • Believe
  • Small
  • Amazing

• Walt Disney always said, 'For every laugh, there should be a tear.' I believe in that.

  

  John Lasseter
  • Believe
  • Disney

• Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.

  

  Pete Seeger
  • Believe