Peter Jennings Quotes
I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.
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I feel fine as long I'm not running around.
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On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.
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I had to work with a psychiatrist.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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If there is the right opportunity for us to have a big oil play in Congo or somewhere else, we will definitely go for it.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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You always want to try, in everything you do, to attempt something you've never tried before, and the only way to succeed at that is through failure, and the only way to succeed through failure is just banging your head against the wall over and over until you get to that interesting thing on the other side.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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I'm letting inspiration move me, in whatever direction it may, without concern if this sounds too rap or too indie, or there's too many words in it.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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This whole acting thing was always just for me and was always an absolute shot in the dark. If it didn't pan out, I had my hammer and tool belt, banging nails again tomorrow if I had to.
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I always shoot for the moon in my work, so that I'm happy when I land on the roof.
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In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically.
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If a person is right for a role, I don't care where they got their training.
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I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.
