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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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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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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When I read for 'Girls,' I was like, 'The script says 'Handsome Carpenter,' so someone else is going to get the part. They'll have someone handsome, not me.'
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So, it looks like we rebuild the village and blow it apart a few more times.
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I came out to my parents when I was a junior in college. And it was pretty fine. They were more concerned with why I wasn't dating anyone. But now I'm 36, and I still don't date anyone.
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Humans don't really improve on our own functioning, we only interfere with it, distort it, and disguise it.
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Race is precisely of as much consequence in man as it is in any animal.
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Kiss my ass and my anus’cause it’s finally famous.
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I want listeners to feel as though they went through an 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.
