Jim Lehrer Quotes
We have increasingly fewer and fewer journalists who have any military experience and understand what life is like in the military and in combat.
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I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.
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The personal ego already has a strong element of dysfunction, but the collective ego is, frequently, even more dysfunctional, to the point of absolute insanity.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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I think there is some truth to the fact that yeah, okay, cool, obviously the more mainstream kind of easier-to-grasp-onto dance music has become popular, but that holds true with almost any genre. It wasn't like the Sex Pistols hit the radio. It was poppier versions of that is what hit. It's never, like, the true core stuff.
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I am healthy and happy.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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I am interested in shows that are not out-and-out gag fests: you see the truth of a broken heart behind them. That is what life is like: it's really funny, you see funny things as soon as you step out of the room, but underneath that is a whole bag of broken hearts. It's that real pain and that real hilarity that makes life so intriguing.
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I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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I'm engaged to Hollywood. If there's something I find I have to do, I'll do it. Otherwise, I'll just stay home and have a vacation.
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I remember the absolute, joyous freedom I felt when I first went to college: I had no bedtime, no curfew, no rules - I loved it. I was in charge. I couldn't believe I didn't have to answer to anyone.
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Anyone who takes drugs should be hammered.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.
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We are at a point in our nation's history when the right leadership is needed more than ever. Hillary has spent her life advocating for poor and working class families. Hillary will help build an economy for tomorrow and beyond; strengthen America's families; defend our country and its core values; and revitalize our democracy.
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The vast majority of Airmen we train are going to be somewhere in harm's way within the next year or two. It is up to us to impart to them the talent and skill they need to accomplish their mission in a world-class fashion and at the same time make sure we get them back safely to the families that love them.
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We have increasingly fewer and fewer journalists who have any military experience and understand what life is like in the military and in combat.
