Peter Jennings Quotes
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I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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Words are but the signs of ideas.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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My job is to help more people have jobs.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young.
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I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.
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I draw and play the piano badly. But when I'm doing those things, I'm concentrating so hard there's no room for worry. I find that onstage, too.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school.
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I was looking for something like baseball, where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I discovered politics.
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Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known: but sorrow is a debt which someone else makes for us.
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A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.
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I am not one of those who see war as a cricket match where you first give anything to defeat the opponent and then shake hands
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Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.
