Jim Lehrer Quotes
If people want bells and whistles and all of that, there are bells and whistles available. If they don't want bells and whistles there are places to go where they are not available.
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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One of the ideas that I wanted to highlight, which is actually a very bipartisan idea - it's not just about conservatives - is this worship of wealth, the CEO saviour.
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By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I'm an emotional person.
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A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
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When I was a teen, I thought I would have to choose between my writing or my music or my art, but it turns out it's a difficult juggling game but I can do all of them.
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I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things.
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There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face.
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When you are working really hard and you're really focused on your career, a lot of other things suffer.
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Don't try too hard to be young. Be who you are.
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When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and asking them about their career. I want to know who the people are behind the performances and how they relate to their performances. But it's maybe not as novel as it once was.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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If people want bells and whistles and all of that, there are bells and whistles available. If they don't want bells and whistles there are places to go where they are not available.
