Jim Lehrer Quotes
My Marine experience helped shape who I am now personally and professionally, and I am grateful for that on an almost daily basis.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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I ain't just collab-ing with anybody. Because I don't care about making friends. I got enough friends.
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When you watch it, you're like, Wow. I look like that. But it doesn't feel like that at all. It was about communicating with Gale Harold and getting across what I wanted to say about the character.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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I don't even like to talk Lions too much just because the way our relationship ended.
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Clearly, humans will always have a role to play in emergency response for law enforcement. But if there's an emergency, if there's a 911 call, the question is, do you want a human dashing off to respond to it right away?
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If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves.
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Enough to using Texas as a political laboratory for testing far-right ideas. Enough to using Texas as a workshop for fattening the wallets of their special interest friends and supporters. And enough of politicians listening only to each other, rather than real Texans.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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I split my commission and personal work about 50 per cent each. It is important to get that balance in life.
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What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.
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Souffles don't deserve their reputation as potential disasters.
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Where 'Dragon Quest Monsters' originated from was 'Dragon Quest V,' where you had a monster befriending system as a main part: you could actually befriend monsters and have them fight on behalf of your party, as part of your party.
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If you could get all the people in the organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.
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A life of very, very serious, po-faced films would drive me nuts. I need - and I'm fortunate to have - a fairly varied menu in that respect. I mean, I was shooting 'Mamma Mia!' at the same time as I was doing Michael Winterbottom's 'Genova'. That was a very, very bizarre summer.
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Fiction is a particular kind of rhetoric, a way of thinking that I think can be useful in your life. It asks you to image the world through someone else's eyes, and it allows you to try to empathize with situations that you haven't actually experienced.
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I was shy. I was more than shy.
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To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die.
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No, I don't regret doing anything, and, you know, at the time, 'Monster-in-Law' was... I was so excited to get that part. I got to be in a big movie for a few months. I got work, and everybody on it was really nice, and it was a fun experience.
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My Marine experience helped shape who I am now personally and professionally, and I am grateful for that on an almost daily basis.
