Jim Lehrer Quotes
There's only one interview technique that matters... Do your homework so you can listen to the answers and react to them and ask follow-ups. Do your homework, prepare.
Quotes to Explore
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Today, because of President Obama's courage, kids can stay on their parent's plan until they are 26. Insurers cannot kick you off your policy because you have hit your limit. They will not be able to deny you because you have a pre-existing condition.
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I'm not on fire for the Lord, so I tried to make myself generate this fire for the Lord.
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I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.
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In the education of the American people, I am Recess.
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You know what it's like to feel anxious - it's horrible feeling anxious. It's stressful having that feeling, having butterflies in your stomach, even for a day, and you don't sleep at night.
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A good story gives you more of a license to be forward and progressive with the music.
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I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures.
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Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.
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I have so much fun because I love to meet the women who wear my shoes and meet the clients. That, to me, is the best part - getting to know the faces of the people who actually wear my shoes and getting to have a conversation with them.
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Nobody really doubted me playing football, making it to the NFL. I was like, 'I know I can do that.'
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I try to cancel out every possibility of losing the fight, and this runs through my head all day long. I'm seeing myself become smashed in the face, cut, or being submitted or being knocked out in so many different ways all day long.
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No damn man kills me and lives.
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There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more inspiration than craft, and you get great when those intersect. A skilled songwriter can get you to that intersection.
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Everybody takes at least 20, so even if you see a good selfie, it probably wasn't the first one. So my tip is to just not take it too seriously and have fun.
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Fashion really is women's liberation in a lot of ways. Look at how many women in this country are depressed about how they look and how they think they have to look! It's really sad. And it's not about money.
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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I'm not proud of it, but I'm a great liar when I travel. I smile and lie, and things are smooth.
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I've always thought I was talented.
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Savant syndrome and autism, I think, are not disorders of brain structure, but they're disorders of brain function.
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Given that the dreaming brain must perform these remarkable contortions - creating a world, living in it, responding to it, and then carefully blocking all the responses in a manner that does not cross the threshold of awareness - it is no wonder that this dreaming brain seems to be more active than the waking brain.
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News is becoming more of a conversation. You can express opinions online in real time. You don't send a letter to the editor and wait a week.
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Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.
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The English language is more complex than calculus because numbers don't have nuances.
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There's only one interview technique that matters... Do your homework so you can listen to the answers and react to them and ask follow-ups. Do your homework, prepare.
