Bryant Gumbel Quotes
I have been a sports fan my whole life. To be able to talk about sports in an intelligent, journalistic fashion and to do things of a serious nature is a dream job.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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Because I spent many years during my previous life as an academic researching game theory, some commentators rushed to presume that as Greece's new finance minister, I was busily devising bluffs, stratagems and outside options, struggling to improve upon a weak hand. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream.
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I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.
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If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.
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Most people figured I'd be in jail. I've been proving people wrong my whole life.
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I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.
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Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!
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The original 'Star Wars' that I was a part of really was the beginning of my working life.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves.
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I think a culture can really be elevated through the arts, and it's always a dream come true when I come across roles that enable me to fuse my love of storytelling with my passion for activism and raising social awareness.
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I want to live my life, not record it.
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True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, it's our own true nature.
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The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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By their very nature bureaucracies have no conscience, no memory, and no mind.
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I can't change something that I've been all my life. But I can work to express myself and talk more.
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When politicians seek to restrict political speech, it is invariably to protect their own incumbency and avoid having to defend their policies in the marketplace of ideas.
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Man is at his best when complimented by the influence of a good woman.
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Where film can eat up story, theatre needs space and breath.
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I have been a sports fan my whole life. To be able to talk about sports in an intelligent, journalistic fashion and to do things of a serious nature is a dream job.
