Peter Jennings Quotes
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
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There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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Why do elites hate the poor? It's xenophobia. They don't know any poor people - except their off-the-books Brazilian nanny and illegal immigrant cleaning lady from Upper Revolta who don't speak English.
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I'm very open-minded.
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'Whiplash' scared me. I feel you should only do projects that scare you to some degree. I get motivated by those sorts of feelings.
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The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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I'd like to work on job and educational opportunities for all.
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Frankly, our adversaries are emboldened by the lack of American leadership in the world, and our friends and our allies, they have lost trust in us.
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I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
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As a 17-year-old, I remember positively dreading dance sequences. I would come to shoots, quaking with nervousness at the idea of making other artistes do retakes due to my mistakes.
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The way to tackle Muslimphobia is to tackle prejudice against Muslims. What it is not is to pretend that Islamist extremism does not exist.
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I think it's important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say, writers from the South or writers from abroad, it's where they begin as children that is important to them.
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Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of.
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.
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I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.
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The hardest thing is to see what's under your very eyes.
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The newspapers loved pinup pictures of pretty young swimmers, and as a national champion, I got more than my share of space in the sports pages.
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When you've got somebody who's a flaming liberal like Bill Maher calling you out, something's wrong.
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It's extremely hard for athletes to accept what's happened to them sometimes. It's hard to be beaten by a small margin, and I've spoken with athletes who, for years afterward, have been tormented by the knowledge that, had they done something ever so slightly different, they could have been one-ten-thousandth of a second quicker.
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I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.
