Jim Lehrer Quotes

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility.

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• It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.

  

  D. W. Griffith
  • Art
  • Speak
  • Voice

• The good thing about SUVs is they have storage.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Good
  • Good Thing
  • Storage

• I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Eat
  • Careful
  • Nutrition

• For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.

  

  Lara St. John
  • Government
  • Years
  • Canada

• This business is based on numbers, and the numbers show that it's worth investing in female-driven and female-directed films.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Business
  • Numbers
  • Investing

• I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Home
  • Kind
  • Thing

• I wouldn't mind having my heart broken because it would mean that I had that much feeling connected to somebody. And that would be really great.

  

  Sally Field
  • Great
  • Mind
  • Heart

• We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.

  

  Wendell Willkie
  • Great
  • Relationship
  • Face

• As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time.

  

  Lara Flynn Boyle
  • People
  • Time
  • Nice

• If you don't change, you're dead, so I try to keep changing.

  

  Wavy Gravy
  • Change
  • Try
  • Changing

• I constantly write about my safety walking to and from school, and then I would come home at night, and I would cut on the TV, and I would watch a show like 'The Wonder Years,' or I would watch, you know, some other show like 'Family Ties.'

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Family
  • School
  • Home

• I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.

  

  Kate Walsh
  • Like
  • Take
  • Sensitive

• You start thinking about a character in a new book, of course you're going to think pretty soon, 'Well, what's their secret? What is their problem?' Maybe, 'What is their secret?' is another way of saying, 'What is their problem?' There's got to be some issue, or you've got a totally boring book!

  

  Nancy Werlin
  • Thinking
  • Character
  • Book

• We seem to think we have some control over this planet.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • Think
  • Control
  • Seem

• Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Work
  • May
  • Remember

• What could an unsanctified man do in Heaven, if by any chance he got there? Let that question be fairly looked in the face and fairly answered. No man can possibly be happy in a place where he is not in his element and where all around him is not congenial to his tastes, habits and character.

  

  J. C. Ryle
  • Character
  • Happy
  • Man

• I like challenging parts, something I haven't done yet, something that scares me. There's just a feeling I get when I read a script that I love, I feel an attachment to it, a yearning to play that character.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Character
  • Feeling
  • Like

• Growing up, me and my brother, we were kind of exact opposites. We were completely yin and yang. He was more rough and tumble, and I just wanted to play with my girlfriends.

  

  Candis Cayne
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Me

• The best thing I could do is build a successful company and continue to innovate and be in the right role I want to be in. If I'm not doing that, I'm inauthentic. That's not a good role model to anyone. That, to me, is the most important thing.

  

  Payal Kadakia
  • Good
  • Important
  • Model

• I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as a musician, as a guitarist.

  

  D'Angelo
  • Writing
  • Growing
  • Learning

• If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • You
  • Back
  • Go

• The harsh reality is that we simply cannot tax our way out of our overspending and debt problem. We need a balanced approach that includes both a stronger economy to generate new tax revenues and bipartisan guardrails, which will help ensure that future presidents and congresses spend within our means.

  

  Kevin Brady
  • Help
  • Future
  • Reality

• When I was 21, I was in a pretty serious band, and we almost got signed - went to New York, showcased, all that - but didn't end up getting signed, and we broke up. I went back to the drawing board; I really took a hit from that whole experience.

  

  Mark Foster Foster the People
  • Up
  • Experience
  • Pretty

• I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility.

  

  Jim Lehrer
  • Believe
  • Responsibility
  • Presidential